Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] resistance to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fish build up resistance to nitrates as nitrates build-up in your tank . |
| 2 | When news of Stony Stratford reached London , the Woodvilles had tried to whip up resistance to Gloucester . |
| 3 | When news of Stony Stratford reached London , the Woodvilles had tried to whip up resistance to Gloucester . |
| 4 | Certain types of bacteria , by genetic mutation , can build up resistance to disinfectants that act in the latter way to the extent that they can become totally immune to normal concentrations even utilising the disinfectant as a food source . |
| 5 | In the latter — the steppe and woodlands inhabited by Tatars , Altaians , Kirgiz , Buryats and Mongols — the Russians had to wage war against formidable enemies who were not only capable of putting up resistance to incursions into their territories , but also able to obtain support from the larger communities of Turkic-Mongol peoples to whom they were related . |