Example sentences of "respond to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In late March the Indonesian government responded to recent attempts by various Western countries to establish a link between human rights concerns and development aid by announcing its rejection of all aid from the Netherlands and the disbandment of the Netherlands-chaired 14-member aid consortium , the Inter-Governmental Group on Indonesia ( IGGI ) . |
| 2 | But United Biscuits responded to new time buying , gaining 6p to 360p . |
| 3 | Historians may point to the downfall of Lloyd George in 1922 and Churchill in 1945 ; the achievements were recognized but declined in importance as the electorate responded to new issues . |
| 4 | There will be a special emphasis upon the way in which firms have responded to new technology and to altered economic conditions . |
| 5 | He is delighted with the way in which the players have responded to new coach Stewart McKinney , and is hopeful that better times are on the way . |
| 6 | Females responded to male models with significantly more frequent arch , hunch and touch sexual displays when the models were presented with accentuated crests ; males responded to female models with significantly more frequent ruff-sniff and touch displays ( Table 1 ) . |
| 7 | During the last year , like many businesses , GDA has responded to economic circumstances by restructuring and slimming down our organisation . |
| 8 | The Christians not unnaturally responded to Muslim protests with alarm . |
| 9 | In the 1980s , some egalitarian feminists have responded to political constraints by reviving this approach , and only supporting gradualist , defensive , or ‘ new realist ’ campaigns around , for instance , equal employment opportunities hiring and firing . |
| 10 | In a review of 39 studies which used the ITPA or one of its subtests as a criterion for language improvement , Hammill and Larsen ( 1974 ) found little evidence to support the view that the psycholinguistic constructs measured by the ITPA responded to existing training methods . |
| 11 | The Indonesian government has responded to environmental concerns by banning the construction of all new hotels on the popular tourist island of Bali . |
| 12 | The Courts have responded to perceived growing crime rates during this period by increasing the use of prison sentences and reducing the use of non-supervisory sentences such as fines or unconditional discharges . |
| 13 | All three patients responded to temporary withdrawal of the study drug and topical nystatin treatment . |
| 14 | If in the 1960s firms had responded to regional policy assistance , for instance , it was necessary to know why at that time they had needed that assistance . |
| 15 | Canal building responded to regional economic needs , above all for the carriage of coal . |
| 16 | The Soviet government has responded to Finnish concerns by agreeing to take steps to cut sulphur emissions from two major mining and metalwork complexes close to the Finnish frontier . |
| 17 | Although tumours in 15–20% patients have responded to fluorinated pyrimidines , in particular 5-fluorouracil , there has been no evidence of improved survival . |
| 18 | I only look towards someone like Dylan because I see the things that have happened in his career and the conclusions he 's come to and the way he 's responded to outside forces , the audience , the press … and I recognize a similarity to how I feel in my career . |
| 19 | In contrast , lamina propria mononuclear cells from all groups responded to CaI stimulation , the increase in PAF activity being similar among them and significantly greater when compared with that of unstimulated cells . |
| 20 | It has responded to internal and external stimuli and absorbed the tensions between local and central needs and ‘ top-down ’ and ‘ bottom-up ’ initiatives . |
| 21 | They have responded to excess capacity in a variety of ways , but generally by seeking to concentrate on their perceived areas of expertise . |
| 22 | The key problem with the instrument was that its financial features responded to changing circumstances by increasing funding risk rather than reducing it . |
| 23 | Farmers actively responded to changing imperatives . |
| 24 | The balance established by the CNAA could not be a permanent one as institutions grew and changed , and as all the partners in the exercise responded to changing policies and experience . |
| 25 | Males responded to accentuated female models with more frequent sexual displays , as did females to accentuated male models , confirming the idea that ornaments expressed in both sexes could be favoured by mutual mating preferences . |
| 26 | Females responded to male models with significantly more frequent arch , hunch and touch sexual displays when the models were presented with accentuated crests ; males responded to female models with significantly more frequent ruff-sniff and touch displays ( Table 1 ) . |
| 27 | The final barrier to its operation came after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union , when the North-Rhine Westphalia administration responded to intensified local concern by refusing to grant it the required license to operate . |
| 28 | They apply to different communities , they have responded to different communities ' needs but they also contribute to a ripple effect of achievement at national and international levels which will ultimately benefit the lives of many more children . |
| 29 | The great majority of the children were recommended to the school because they presented severe management difficulties to teachers in mainstream schools and many of them experience a multiplicity of adversities in their personal lives A majority of children have intractable learning difficulties , and few of them have responded to conventional interventions by members of child guidance clinic teams or remedial services before admission . |
| 30 | Subsequently , the government responded to public pressure and provided for an elected single-purpose authority to take responsibility for the ILEA ( see below ) . |