Example sentences of "[adj] and resistant to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already the keyhole cockpit and the development of high molecular density polyethylene has made plastic boats much more escapable and resistant to folding . |
| 2 | So many dog training clubs only take dogs when they are six months old … well past the steep part of the learning curve and often at an age when male dogs , especially , are starting to grow up ( and become as rebellious and resistant to authority as any human adolescent ! ) . |
| 3 | A leader who believes that their subordinates are lazy , lacking in ambition , self-centred and resistant to change will adopt an autocratic style of leadership . |
| 4 | Variations of economic pattern were then more striking ; rural society was a matrix much more localized and resistant to change than it is today . |
| 5 | Pellets from species like barn owls are more compact and resistant to breakdown than those from other species , and pellet consistency also depends in large part on the food residues that go into it . |
| 6 | Psychiatric rehabilitation services have attended to the needs of people who are unmotivated and resistant to help , and various models of psychosocial rehabilitation have been developed as a consequence . |
| 7 | If you choose to dispense with conventional displays of overt status , bear in mind how conformist , conservative and resistant to change many people are . |
| 8 | These overall Course considerations may give the impression of a system that is inflexible and resistant to change . |
| 9 | Absolute symmetry , in its very stability and self-sufficiency , tends to be superhuman and resistant to change . |