The legislators respond mainly to the importuning of lobbyists who control campaign contributions, not the public.

American legislators responded by threatening to impose trade sanctions against the company's parent, the Toshiba Corporation.

To their credit, the legislators responded overwhelmingly to strong public support of the measure, reported by several recent polls.

To do their jobs well, legislators must respond to the needs of their constituencies.

The world's legislators had responded to steady pressure from the world's people.

But Mrs. Whitman, in comments to reporters hours before the votes, said the legislators were responding to something that never happened.

Russian officials and legislators have responded to criticism of the legislation by saying that they are trying only to prevent outside interference in internal political affairs.

People are just saying, 'Enough,' and legislators are clearly responding to that.

Will corporations, advertisers and legislators respond constructively?

Interviews showed that at least three legislators were responding to the recommendations by drafting measures to implement them.