Example sentences of "to [be] [adv] responsive to " in BNC.

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1 The chitinous external skeleton seems to be particularly responsive to the demands of evolution .
2 Acceptance of any of the patterns of responsiveness outlined above will suggest that the bureaucracy is not likely to be particularly responsive to a largely unorganized ‘ general public ’ and , in most contemporary forms of democracy much will depend on the ability of the people 's representatives to publicize their grievances .
3 OTIF is only one part of ICI Paints ' Focus on the Customer programme but it 's a vital stage of our journey to becoming a total quality business-one which is organized to be totally responsive to customer needs .
4 Another way of putting this is that where their activities are not marginal , they tend to be very responsive to the TNCs .
5 This brings him back to another of Mr Major 's weekend promises , to give people more of a stake in their local administration : ‘ If they are going to bring local government closer to people , it has got to be more responsive to the wishes of people , and less to the wishes of central Government .
6 This is in contrast to previous findings , in which cultures of dissociated anterior mesenchyme were shown to be more responsive to FGF than were cultures of posterior mesenchyme .
7 This committee was likely to be more responsive to lobbying and pressure from parents of children already in ‘ mainstream ’ schools and from the huge workforce in mainstream and specialist education .
8 The need for flexibility in plan making was stressed ; something more than land use maps were required and they had to be more responsive to the rapid changes then being experienced in the 1960s in terms of economic and social trends , population forecasts and traffic growth .
9 Now I 'm sure the minister , councillor would like us to be more efficient and he would like us to be more responsive to tenants needs so let's do what the minister ask would like us to do and vote against this conservative amendment .
10 It means it it 's going to be inefficient , it 's going to be less responsive to tenant 's needs .
11 Because of time restriction it is impossible to be excessively responsive to individual needs .
12 He never rehearsed the performance , but rather the technique of the music , leaving his emotional response to the inspiration of the concert and expecting a well-prepared orchestra to be entirely responsive to this .
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