Example sentences of "[unc] reply [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lenin 's reply reiterated his argument that world and social development was ‘ uneven ’ , so that , even in the most economically advanced countries , the social differentiation between classes and awareness of this differentiation were not yet sufficient to take for granted the primacy of class , as opposed to national , identity . |
| 2 | But Mum 's reply had been , ‘ I 'll see what I 've got left when I 've got the grub in . ’ |
| 3 | Mr Major 's reply expressed ‘ deep regret ’ . |
| 4 | billy and Mary were out of sight behind the island ‘ Yeah , ’ Billy 's reply drifted over . |
| 5 | Dawson 's reply came from a distance ; he was holding the phone away from his mouth . |
| 6 | The technician 's reply came after a brief moment of hesitation . |
| 7 | Anna 's reply came out as hardly more than a whisper . |
| 8 | Johnson 's reply lacked enthusiasm , but contained a passage which afterwards struck Nkrumah 's colleagues as ominous : ‘ If you go to Hanoi , Mr president , you will be in no danger of military action in Vietnam . ’ |
| 9 | The Board 's reply said in effect , they do not require authority , but we would like to know about them . |
| 10 | But Kenny Brown 's reply left a bitter taste in their mouths . |
| 11 | Bevin 's reply hinted at his fear that such arrangements might reduce Britain to the position of a humble deputy to the American sheriff . |
| 12 | Grandson Richard 's reply seemed to take a long time . |
| 13 | At one time Lancashire 's reply seemed very likely to even less than that as Albert Ward , Sugg , Smith and Briggs were all back in the pavilion with only 21 on the board . |
| 14 | The sheriff 's reply sounded clearly in the hushed corridor , impressing the assembled kids and seeming to confirm Grant 's claim to be part of an official police operation — if any needed convincing after seeing one of the feared Apostles being dragged unconscious into an empty cubicle . |
| 15 | Jesus 's reply displays great concern for what Moses actually said : ‘ Moses permitted you … . ’ |
| 16 | South Africa 's reply has been to attack transport and economic installations that link the neighbours so as to ensure that they remain dependent on South Africa . |
| 17 | Webster 's reply demonstrated the government 's extreme caution : ‘ It is utterly impossible … |
| 18 | When asked ‘ What did you like about your last job ? ’ the chatterbox 's reply includes a detailed description of her recent holiday in the Dordogne . |
| 19 | Her daughter 's reply stunned Nora . |
| 20 | Argyll 's reply included a counter-warning against listening to the counsel of those who would persuade him to ‘ blood-letting and burning of poor men , to make your Lordship serve their wicked appetites ’ . |
| 21 | Theodore 's reply included the following passage : " I had intended , if God so decreed , to conquer the world , and it was my desire to die if my purpose could not be fulfilled . |
| 22 | Bull 's reply prompted a hurricane finish by the Second Division side after a period in which Villa looked to have weathered the storm . |
| 23 | While essential if the travelling public are to have reliable information about all services in all parts of the country , Mr Freeman 's reply reveals that ‘ there would be no obligation on operators to participate in producing a single national timetable . ’ |
| 24 | Most versions of Woodfull 's reply seem to agree that he said , ‘ There are two teams out there on the oval . |
| 25 | The laird , Macleod , asked Johnson therefore to define ‘ the particular excellence of Burke 's eloquence ’ , and Johnson 's reply summarises not only Burke , but all men of such gifts , and it hymns education and the acquisition of learning : ‘ Copiousness , and fertility of allusion ; a power of diversifying his matter , by placing it in various relations . |
| 26 | Anselm 's reply shows that there was no authoritative answer available . |
| 27 | But the FA 's reply confirmed that they would not allow the match to take place because they were worried about the effect it might have on the pitch . |
| 28 | Derrida 's reply did not take the form of a reasoned rebuttal but of ninety pages of verbal clowning , which put Searle in his place by referring to him throughout as ‘ Sarl ’ , an acronym for ‘ Societé à responsabilité limitée ’ , which means a limited company . |
| 29 | Major 's reply suggested that , as an interested visitor from another solar system , he had heard about human personality but regretfully had no first-hand experience of this rare bird , though he was prepared to extend it every reasonable courtesy . |
| 30 | But Koestler 's replies have invariably upstaged the most erudite critics . |