Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is Teresa 's response to the proposal . |
| 2 | The casuals realized , quicker than most commentators , that the radical aspect of the Thatcher government 's response to the recession is its rejection of the Protestant Ethic . |
| 3 | But while pleased , Mr Elton was scathing about Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley 's response to the Ombudsman 's report to which the Government refused to accept responsibility for the affair . |
| 4 | In this sense , the author 's intention does play an indirect part in determining the meaning of the words in question , because that meaning is decided by the ordinary reader 's response to the question : " What on earth is the author getting at ? " |
| 5 | The government 's response to the problem of teacher shortages was to launch new kinds of teacher training programmes . |
| 6 | The EEC 's response to the disintegration of Yugoslavia is an equally important indication of what might be expected from the Common Foreign and Security policy . |
| 7 | Any fishkeeper who has seen the fry 's response to the flicking of the black pelvic fins of their mother will have no doubt that communication is taking place . |
| 8 | The Algerian media gave prominent coverage to the army 's response to the incident , in which weapons were said to have been seized from the military by the armed group . |
| 9 | It is the blinkered approach typified by Mr. Kent 's response to the nurse that we want to eliminate from the NHS . |
| 10 | THE ABILITY of Lothian 's employees to provide cost effective services at local level was highlighted in the Regional Council 's response to the Government 's reform document . |
| 11 | THE COUNCIL 'S response to the government 's proposals for the future of water and sewerage services showed that Lothian 's current arrangements would be the most efficient , cost-effective and democratic way to provide these services in the future . |
| 12 | The images can be , but they 've also got an edge of grim humour — Heartfield and police president Zorgiebel ( below ) shows the artist 's response to the man held responsible by the Communists for the killing of May Day demonstrators in 1929 . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman 's response to the Budget is as empty as that of his right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition , whose comments yesterday , I thought were proof positive that the Michelangelo virus was alive and operating inside the Labour party . |
| 14 | Television 's response to the struggle around Clause 28 reflected the status the campaign achieved in the political arena . |
| 15 | Legal aid , in the words of The Laws of Scotland : the Stair Memorial Encyclopedia , is society 's response to the criticism that there is one law for the rich and one law for the poor . |
| 16 | It was Clarkson 's response to the stubbornness of West Indian legislatures over amelioration in the mid-1820s to encourage ladies ' antislavery associations to promote abstention as a superior alternative to the use of force by the government . |
| 17 | There has been more DOE resistance to peripheral development in relation to planning appeals than might have been anticipated given the nature of the Secretary of State 's response to the Structure Plan . |
| 18 | The researchers looked at the amplitude of the brain-waves and the latency of the brain 's response to the stimulus . |
| 19 | The Government 's response to the Defence Committee 's report on the Westland 's affair stressed that the civil servant 's prime duty lay to his minister and that the civil servant should not relate advice given by civil servants to ministers nor give details of exchanges between government departments in the course of evidence to select committee . |
| 20 | An information paper ‘ Hygiene Developments ’ , describing in more detail CCG 's response to the Act , was circulated to Operations ' Management to assist them in planning to cope with the onset of the new legislation . |
| 21 | The announcement was the chess federation 's response to the decision by Kasparov and Short to stage their final outside FIDE 's auspices in an attempt to attract higher prize money and give players more control over professional chess . |
| 22 | Describing the Government 's response to the company 's predicament as inadequate , Mr Gorman castigated the failure of Michael Heseltine , President of the Board of Trade , to intervene and drew attention to his involvement in the rescue of Rolls Royce in 1972 during the Heath administration : ‘ Heseltine was involved up to his neck in saving Rolls Royce . |
| 23 | If a child has been made the subject of a supervision requirement following a referral to a children 's hearing on an offence ground , and that supervision requirement has been terminated and the child reappears before another children 's hearing , the main factors that the later hearing will need to consider to perform their statutory functions are why the child appeared before a children 's hearing , the reasons for that hearing 's disposal and , most particularly , the child 's response to the disposal ; in short , a children 's hearing would want to know the very things section 4 appears to prevent it ascertaining . |
| 24 | Mr Golyadkin 's response to the elopement letter was a two-in-one attempt to assume a chivalric role and reach a lovers ' destination . |
| 25 | Mr Hurd 's response to the debate on law and order , always a difficult test for Conservative Home Secretaries , was markedly well received and ended to a standing ovation . |
| 26 | Thus Herzen , in London , filled the gap created by the government 's response to the appearance of Kavelin 's essay in April . |
| 27 | The CNT 's response to the coming of a Republic was confused . |
| 28 | The civil-rights groups are particularly upset with NIH 's response to the news that the confidentiality of those who provided information to Alexander had been breached . |
| 29 | The fishermen 's response to the crisis will become clearer this week . |
| 30 | Russia 's response to the crisis of 1914 can only be understood in terms of the nature of the tsarist regime and of the pressures upon it . |