Example sentences of "reply [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The right of reply privilege does not merely protect responses to criticisms made in Parliament , of course : it is a privilege of general application , arising from the legitimate interest of individuals in protecting their reputations , and it is shared by the media when it facilitates that interest .
2 The reply card became the basis of a mailing list for the mother when the infant was nine months , ideally the best moment in which to address the Better Shoe brand message to her .
3 It 's usually a good move to enclose a reply card to encourage a prompt response : Thank you for your kind invitation I/We … will be able/unable to attend .
4 Rub the Early Reply seal to check your eligibility to win £100,000 double first prize .
5 In reply Ryzhkov rounded on President Gorbachev , asking why Sobchak was so frequently given the floor to make such statements .
6 In reply Chester scored steadily to clinch the win .
7 In reply Jesus told the parable of the two debtors , a simple story about two men , one of whom owed a lot of money and the other a little .
8 In reply Jesus quoted the daily prayer of the Jews called the Shema ( Deuteronomy 6:4–5 ) :
9 Whatever reply Jesus gave would have placed him in danger .
10 We can do this by considering the reply Locke makes , in an early draft of the Essay , to an objection which he might seem to invite .
11 In reply Cresson denounced the opposition for being " demolishers " damaging France rather than " builders " , and said that the government intended to stay in office until the end of the parliamentary term in 1993 .
12 Then post the Certificate without delay in the ‘ YES ' reply envelope provided .
13 In his reply Miliband raised objections to this ‘ structural super-determinism ’ , and argued implicitly — though he did not use the expression — for a dialectic of individual ( or social actor ) and structure , a dialectic which is explored at length in Sartre 's Critique of Dialectical Reason .
14 For reply Robyn ran her hands instinctively across his chest , down and down to the waist of his jeans , further to his inner thigh , to the place where his need was strongest .
15 Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long .
16 That is , in an effort to ensure that any variations in replies respondents provide are not artifacts of variations in the way in which the questions were asked , each respondent should be given the same questions in the same serial order .
17 Amid their replies Charlie said , ‘ Carry on , will you ?
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