Example sentences of "in [noun sg] to [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be sure , this contrast is over-stated , and academic fields have periods of relative stagnation and sudden revolution , just as professional ones can evolve almost without anyone noticing in response to shifts in practice . |
| 2 | Changes may also occur from year to year in response to cycles in rodent populations . |
| 3 | The 30-year-old winger with second division Rotherham United was able to move his arm and leg in response to commands from doctors at Sheffield 's Royal Hallamshire Hospital , although he was still heavily sedated . |
| 4 | Statements by individuals in response to questions about early retirement also often reflected the dominant official concern . |
| 5 | Where the jargon might arise would be perhaps in response to questions from an architect for instance yes . |
| 6 | Because the status of women is inextricably linked to a complex politico-economic system , it , and the ideas connected with it , change in response to changes in the system as a whole . |
| 7 | In a sense , history is repeating itself in that the sequence of development in the past has also contained local ‘ boom ’ elements such as kelp gathering in the 19th century or the bulb growing schemes in the 1960's , both of which foundered in response to changes in external economic imperatives , although at the outset there were high hopes that unique local resources i.e. seaweed and disease-free sandy soils , would provide enduring employment opportunities . |
| 8 | Some predators , such as tawny owls , eagle owls and buzzards change their diet in response to changes in prey availability ( Southern , 1954 ) . |
| 9 | Post-Fordism , on the other hand , is characterized by the growth of flexible specialization , which implies a more widely variegated and less standardized set of products , as well as the ability to change the nature of those products in response to changes in the market . |
| 10 | Thus , reversible binding of calmodulin to the channel complex in response to changes in the level of Ca 2+ has the effect of increasing the sensitivity of the channel to small changes in cGMP which may occur during the photoresponse . |
| 11 | A desired [ CO 2 ] gradient was maintained in the chamber during daylight ( 9–10h daily ) by automatically varying the rate of unidirectional air flow through the cover in response to changes in photosynthetic CO 2 depletion by enclosed plants and sunlight intensity . |
| 12 | Thus , to the primary objective : the production of a new OED for the twenty-first century ; we must add a second objective : the electronic handling and delivery of the information contained in and added to the OED , so that the latter is able to be altered in response to changes in the language . |
| 13 | In the 1960s , in response to changes in social structure and expectations , and in the context of a party and interest-group world that would not embrace new interests and demands , large numbers of inner-city residents formed themselves into loose groups to press for changes in public policy and in the balance of the public-private provision of the basics for a decent life . |
| 14 | Estimates of carbon releases from the biosphere to the atmosphere in response to changes in land-use have varied enormously in the past but are now generally in the range 0.8 to 2.5 Gt of carbon per year ( Bolin , 1986 ) . |
| 15 | Since real output could also change only slowly over time in response to changes in aggregate demand , it followed that the rate of monetary growth would in the long run be correlated with the rate of inflation . |
| 16 | The opposition between capitalism and socialism has thus remained throughout the century a dominant feature of political life , whatever the modifications that have been introduced into the opposing doctrines and policies in response to changes in the economy and society ; which were themselves , in part , an outcome of this conflict . |
| 17 | It was the not fault of my client , that just as the Visitor seemed to be gaining the trust of the young person who is the subject of this enquiry ( she was a child when the case was first brought to their attention as in need of care and protection but is now classed as a young person ) she was transferred because of area reorganisation undertaken in response to changes in government policy , and that the officer who took over the case was hospitalised shortly after she assumed her new duties . |
| 18 | : the geology of rocks which have undergone alterations at depth in response to changes in pressure , temperature , and chemical conditions . |
| 19 | People may act differently in response to changes in taxation than to variations in earnings per se . |
| 20 | Such hydration expansion commonly occurs in response to changes in relative humidity which , since they are closely related to temperature , may be diumal . |
| 21 | These purchases or sales are not in response to changes in the PSBR or PSDR , and are best understood , therefore , in the context of an unchanged PSBR or PSDR . |
| 22 | The demand for money will therefore be very elastic in response to changes in interest rates . |
| 23 | Using functional notation , we can write However , since it takes time for firms to adjust their capital stocks in response to changes in demand ( remember that capital is a variable factor of production only in the long-run ) , it may be more realistic to introduce a lag into the accelerator part of the function and write Only empirical testing can determine which of the three independent variables is the most important . |
| 24 | This is the essence of Keynes ' analysis : that output or quantity adjustments come before price adjustments in response to changes in demand in the economy . |
| 25 | After two years of taking no action in response to reports of grave and widespread violations in Iraq , the Commission on Human Rights has appointed a Special Rapporteur to investigate the human rights situation there ; another special Rapporteur has been appointed to examine violations committed by Iraqi forces in occupied Kuwait . |
| 26 | It was a blessing that , in response to congratulations on the superb World Championship Regatta at Bled in Yugoslavia three weeks ago , he was able to reply , ‘ Yes … and best of all , the conditions were fair throughout ’ . |
| 27 | In practice , however , the rules do not seem to have proved as restrictive as many had feared , especially after some relaxations were permitted in January 1990 , in response to submissions by the broadcasters , allowing group shots ( midway between head and shoulder and wide-angle ) and more individual reaction shots ( although these relaxations do not apply during Question Time or ministerial statements ) . |
| 28 | Projenor was established in response to fears about the corridor effect and aims to promote the economic , cultural and environmental restructuring of the regions around the Tunnel . |
| 29 | The number density of the atomic particles in the wind varies on time scales from days to years , in response to variations in solar activity . |
| 30 | Although set up in 1974 in response to outcries about huge increases in domestic rates , it never came near to recommending their abolition or even their substantial replacement with another tax . |