1.   Although the plot failed, the reaction it engendered is significant.

2.   An allergic reaction can often be nothing more than red eyes, a runny nose, or a touch of wheeziness.

3.   An emotional reaction is what the caller wants.

4.   And his reaction was, I think, the first self-defining move of his life - and undoubtedly the most crucial.

5.   As a practising Novelist, my instinctive reaction is to repudiate the Deconstructionist position.

6.   But my gut reaction was that, despite his reputation for being hot tempered, he was a friendly, likable child.

7.   He was sitting in his chair, smoking a pipe, and my first reaction was not favourable.

8.   His first reaction was to laugh.

9.   His immediate reaction was that there was an oil leak.