Example sentences of "reply [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reply may have been non-committal , but his eyes were decidedly wintry . |
| 2 | Readers requiring a reply should enclose a stamped addressed envelope or an international reply coupon . |
| 3 | Readers requiring a reply should enclose a stamped addressed envelope or an international reply coupon . |
| 4 | Claudia rushed into speech , unable to understand why his reply should send her mind into erotic overdrive . |
| 5 | what your reply should reveal about your positive qualities |
| 6 | The reply should come back as yes/no . |
| 7 | The first accords qualified privilege unconditionally ; the second grants it subject to the condition that a reasonable right of reply must have been afforded to victims of privileged defamations . |
| 8 | But a balanced reply must take account of less tangible issues like legislative simplicity and public confidence . |
| 9 | Without a word , Jane turned and fled into the sitting room , leaving Patrick alone on the stairs , wondering what her reply might have been . |
| 10 | Not much enlightenment there ; the same reply could have been given at any time in the past four years . |
| 11 | He had not heard the question but hoped that this reply would serve . |
| 12 | Walking through the village on any racing day one would hear conversation like , " What do you know today Fred " and the reply would bring forth such words of wisdom as " Watch Richards in the 2.30 " , or " Back top weight " for these men had a language of their own and in the evening , meeting over a pint the locals would discuss the downfall of the favourite or starting prices and often the first greeting one would get on opening the door of the bar was " How did you get on today " Tich " " , and often the reply was " First and second , Fred " . |
| 13 | Logically , we would not , but the reply would have to be that given the processing mechanisms we seem to have , it would not be practically possible . |
| 14 | To write and receive a reply would take so long — her letter might be ignored completely . |
| 15 | He grins encouragingly , as if to intimate that a positive reply would cheer him up . |
| 16 | All the indications were that the reply would argue , in tones of hurt pride , that it was all a technical hiccup , Britain had acted in good faith and so on . |
| 17 | On lesser occasions the reply will appear as an answer to a ‘ planted ’ parliamentary question or be simply a letter to the chairman of a committee . |
| 18 | But it is an implication of concessive holism that there will be no hard and fast answer to this question ; the reply will depend on our ability to establish the relevant counterfactuals , which will presumably change with our theories about the social world . |
| 19 | The reply will continue with ramblings on ‘ the true meaning of ‘ great ’ and ‘ achieve ’ and the likelihood of absolute truth' . |
| 20 | So , for instance , when asked : ‘ What has been your greatest achievement ? ’ the philosopher 's reply will start with ‘ Well , it depends what you really mean by ‘ greatest achievement ’ and the context in which you 're using it . ’ |
| 21 | These replies may seem too trivial to mention — a nod , a murmur , ‘ that 's OK ’ or whatever , but if these signs are not provided the offender is left with the uneasy sense that his or her offence , trivial or not , is permanently entered in the criminal record . |
| 22 | Letters often took weeks to go into print , and the replies should teach Gina a thing or two . |
| 23 | If several remarks are shouted at you , your replies will fit one of them . |
| 24 | Your replies will help decide the final recommendations of the working group , to be made this Autumn . |