Example sentences of "to [be] responsive to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Masha : ‘ It 's perfectly possible for a woman to be responsive to a sexual advance and yet feel she has been compelled . |
| 2 | On the other hand , the service provided is more likely to be responsive to customer demand . |
| 3 | There is a degree of autonomy within each of the four countries , and although they may unite in the same objectives ( such as improvements in educational and professional standards ) , each has to be responsive to the nature and demands of its country of origin . |
| 4 | Sir Edward Boyle , probably the most gifted and perceptive Conservative Education Minister of the post-war years , appreciated that for schools to flourish teachers need to be kept abreast of good practice and encouraged to be responsive to the findings of contemporary research . |
| 5 | YTS has been a major provider of new opportunities and through its funding mechanism , its special assessment and age exclusions , and its provision of special equipment and services , it has shown itself to be responsive to the needs of very many young people with disabilities and learning difficulties . |
| 6 | Tendring District Council wants to be responsive to the needs of residents and to work in partnership with them . |
| 7 | Companies that arc heavily involved in foreign trade , or whose markets are seasonal , can expect their banks to be responsive to variations in liquidity and generally act as financial advisers . |
| 8 | To implement his programme , a president must gain the cooperation or acquiesence of other members of the political élite , but such people are unlikely to be responsive to presidential directives for the relationship between them and the president is not one of simple dependency . |
| 9 | The subsequent White Paper , Legal Services : A Framework for the Future ( Cm 740 ) , adopted a different tone , referring rather more to the requirement for legal services to be responsive to clients ' needs than to notions of competition and the discipline of the market ; but in content the proposals actually gave little ground on key points . |
| 10 | Thus , it would be unrealistic to expect officials to be responsive to the market when their traditional activity has been conditioned by the need to follow statutes . |
| 11 | Can the Minister confirm that health boards have been issued with new instructions , both written and by meetings , to be responsive to the needs of private contractors ? |
| 12 | Is there any chance of the Government issuing similar instructions to ask health boards to be responsive to the needs of health service workers ? |
| 13 | One of the factors which must be taken into account is that we have to be responsive to changes in our scientific activities in order to provide the necessary Library support for them . |
| 14 | Acidophilic atypical acinar cell foci in the rat have a high proliferative capacity and have been shown to be responsive to CCK , whereas the basophilic atypical acinar cell foci seem to have a low growth potential , not appreciably affected by CCK . |
| 15 | The Bar Services Committee and its Information Technology Sub-Committee aims to be responsive to the needs of the profession , and members of the Bar who have suggestions for its future work are encouraged to write to the Secretary with particular proposals . |
| 16 | This initiative has been designed to encourage best practice , to be responsive to both recent and future legislation , and to interface cleanly with the systems adopted by the Group 's customers . |