Example sentences of "responds to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This letter written to the Daily Jang , an established Urdu newspaper printed in Britain , shows how the family responds to a man 's promiscuity . |
| 2 | Dr Michael Turner responds to a variety of questions posed by you |
| 3 | Again the élitism in the department is largely symbolic , for although detectives talk continuously of their special knowledge of the world of ‘ prigs ’ , and despise the uniform branch as ‘ wollies ’ , often it is the uniform ‘ polis ’ who responds to a call and effects the ‘ capture ’ , after which the detective moves in to ‘ squeeze him dry ’ . |
| 4 | It is clear from the context of such pairs that in every case where the second speaker responds to a proposition of the first speaker with " you know what I mean ! " or " you know ! " , the second speaker is in fact agreeing with the first . |
| 5 | The perfect joint responds to a couple taps : any stiffer and you can be in seven sorts of trouble . |
| 6 | But it remains to be seen how Japan 's culture responds to a collapse in asset values . |
| 7 | An even more embarrassing version of this is reversed emotional lability , in which the patient responds to a situation with the opposite emotion from normal . |
| 8 | She responds to a comment by the monk on how she appears to have passed the night in sexual " labour " by bemoaning what she suffers as a wife , implying that her husband gives her no pleasure in bed and is mean with his money . |
| 9 | If an SSR responds to an SPR which originated from an external client , then it is the responsibility of the LIFESPAN user who submitted the SPR in LIFESPAN to arrange for a copy of the SSR to be sent to the client . |
| 10 | If an SSR responds to an SPR which originated from an external client , then it is the responsibility of the user who submitted the SPR in LIFESPAN to arrange for a copy of the SSR to be sent to the client . |
| 11 | The body responds to an alumina implant by surrounding it with a fibrous capsule which can be several micrometres thick . |
| 12 | The courts have made it clear that an employee who responds to an employer 's initiative by volunteering to go is not resigning , but making himself available to be dismissed . |