adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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According to Keynesians, the speculative demand for money is highly responsive to changes in interest rates.
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The rate of return on short-term Treasury bills is highly responsive to inflation.
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Procreating patterns, in other words, were highly responsive to material factors.
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Malnourished anorexic patients are more prone to side-effects and less responsive to medication than are other patients with depression.
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But she was less and less responsive to him.
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Among the discoveries made in psychoneuroimmunology is that stressful events can make the immune cells far less responsive to infection.
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So the tissues that should respond to insulin are less responsive .
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Some become more responsive with increasing speed, others less responsive.
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For these reasons, the Conservatives are a little more responsive to widespread expressions of serious doubt on their own backbenches.
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Parents have an easier time adapting to premature infants who are more responsive .
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The aim would be to produce clearer majorities and more responsive governments.
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Objectors say the Conservators must be brought to heel and made more responsive to public opinion.
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Young marrieds represent one of the most responsive groups in Britain today, as is witnessed by the popularity of family services.
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At that point she suddenly realized that she had the most perfect, most gorgeous, most responsive baby in the world.
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So far, local companies have been the most responsive .
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Infants are most responsive to other human voices.
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Our inner critic starts to become very responsive .
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The uterus is very responsive to bass tones.
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You usually find shareware authors are very responsive to suggestions and ideas.
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I was very responsive to any problem they had, any question.
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The first set of sales figures suggests that consumers are very responsive to this idea of fair trade.
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Many commented on how very responsive the inexperienced subordinates were.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her condition is usually responsive to drug therapy.
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She's a very responsive baby.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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How responsive is it to changes in aggregate demand?
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In a region where infant mortality is high, the argument struck a responsive chord.
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In comparison, Roman law had shown itself flexible and responsive to the interests of creditors.
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Is the under-structure of government actors always responsive to the will and values of the elite?
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Let them see that you are a communicative and responsive leader who listens to what they have to say.
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The business community recognises that those enterprises deemed to be successful are those which are responsive to market changes.
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The medicine-cabinet market also has been responsive to changing lifestyles and consumer demands.