Example sentences of "partly [prep] response to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April , partly in response to Dell 's campaign , Compaq cut its prices by up to a third . |
| 2 | At Oxford , Mr Gould joined the Labour Party partly in response to what he saw as an attempt by the City to frustrate the 1964 election results and he has retained a disdain for the get-rich-quick philosophy of the City ever since . |
| 3 | Partly in response to concern caused by the iodine tablets incident , partly because of Chernobyl , the new Alliance-led Somerset County Council took two important initiatives . |
| 4 | It was initiated partly in response to the furore caused by Enoch Powell 's 1969 ‘ rivers of blood ’ speech , much as disturbances at the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival prompted further steps on the part of the Department of the Environment — ‘ A riot makes a much bigger impact on government thinking ’ , as Donnison ( 1987 ) has pointed out , ‘ than any amount of earnest and accurate research ’ . |
| 5 | This was partly in response to a recommendation from the EEC to cut sulphur emissions to one-third the present level , a step which it has been estimated , would cost £4 billion in flue gas desulphurization equipment adding £700 million a year to the CEGB 's operating costs . |
| 6 | Partly in response to these feelings , the planners generally showed great interest in , and in some cases a considerable amount of use of , the online information services . |
| 7 | Partly in response to this criticism , the government introduced in 1985 the Urban Programme Management Initiative ( DoE , 1985c ) . |
| 8 | Council workmen have had to tidy footpaths and repair roads and curbs , partly in response to the number of heavy lorries passing through . |
| 9 | I have been told that this decision was partly in response to lobbying by feminist groups . |
| 10 | The back to nursing movement has established itself over the past five years , partly in response to a national shortage of qualified staff , and partly as a result of the UKCC 's stated commitment to introduce mandatory updating programmes for nurses and health visitors returning to practice after a specified minimum break in service . |
| 11 | Partly in response to such criticisms , some researchers have conducted ‘ field experiments ’ . |
| 12 | Western psychology developed partly in response to the social and political need for individuals to motor and correct their own and each other 's behaviour and attitudes ( Canguilhem 1980 ) . |
| 13 | Quebec 's Liberal premier , Robert Bourassa , introduced the new law partly in response to a ruling from the United Nations Human-Rights Committee . |
| 14 | The Albertusstrasse site of the Kreishaus was determined partly in response to the proximity of two landmarks on the same street : Rudolf Zwirner 's gallery and Walther Koenig 's art bookstore , a de facto municipal library for every aspect of the visual arts . |
| 15 | Far more important , and partly in response to pressures from the European Parliament , was the committee under an Irish Senator , James Dooge , to study EC institutions . |
| 16 | Partly in response to these criticisms , the Youth Training Board ( YTB ) carried out a review of the training schemes during the summer of 1984 . |
| 17 | On the other hand , Political Union was conceived late in the day , partly in response to the dramatic changes in Central Europe and partly as a complement to EMU designed to placate , if not to satisfy , the European Parliament and those favouring its strengthening . |
| 18 | This emerged partly in response to the issues raised in the 1985 Swann report into the education of ethnic minority pupils in British schools . |
| 19 | Palestinian activists initiated a re-evaluation of the intifada during June , partly in response to an increase in intra-Palestinian violence . |
| 20 | These measures were declared partly in response to the Cypriot government 's submission on July 4 , 1990 , of a formal application for full membership of the European Communities ( EC ) [ see p. 37625 ] . |
| 21 | It did this partly in support of its application that year for statutory recognition as a clearing house , and partly in response to developments in insolvency law . |
| 22 | It was also partly in response to the effects of overaccumulation that deflationary policies led to decreased capacity utilization in the United States . |