1.   The government responded cautiously to the move.

2.   The government responded to these incidents with considerable brutality, sentencing those involved to long prison terms.

3.   The government responded to this pressure and modified the Bill.

4.   The Israeli government responded positively to the US peace proposals.

5.   The Ethiopian government responded by pressing for airlifting of relief supplies to the Eritrean provincial capital, Asmara, effectively surrounded by rebel forces.

6.   The Iraqi government responded by threatening to refuse future inspections of its nuclear-energy plants as required by IAEA statutes.

7.   The government responded cautiously to the offer, stating that it would have to asses the genuineness of the declared intentions.