1.  Given the divisions between Labour and Conservative and the unresolved question of which Whitehall department should have responsibility for the policy, this was a predictable response.

2.  His conclusion, that men listen with only half their brains and women with all of theirs, drew predictable response from some quarters.

3.  On other matters, Baker tends to offer predictable responses.

4.  The decision elicited predictable responses from both sides.

5.  The proposal produced the predictable response.

6.  There were the predictable responses about patriotism and about fear.

7.  This freely made statement drew predictable responses.

8.  When the game ended, Rashad was incapable of asking a question, serving up statements that led to predictable responses.

9.  In the Middle East and in the countries singled out, the controversial phrase provoked a predictable angry response.