Example sentences of "them [adv] [adj] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain kinds of shares have features which make them economically similar to debt . |
| 2 | Yet the problem they faced over letting their daughter go out which now , with hindsight , leaves them so open to criticism , is a very familiar one for parents . |
| 3 | Salt concentrations near the surface may make them especially inhospitable to vegetation ; only the soils of damper areas , in which salts are distributed evenly or concentrated at depth , are likely to support plant propagules . |
| 4 | The bird 's retreat has led the Forestry Commission to modify three of its forests to make them more welcoming to capercaillie . |
| 5 | This makes women cheaper to dismiss and makes them more vulnerable to redundancy . |
| 6 | Strange as it may seem , some people have more difficulty in handling or expressing warm , loving feelings than negative , angry ones ; or it may feel as if they have to keep a tighter reign on the loving feelings , which they perceive as making them more vulnerable to rejection and disappointment . |
| 7 | Curt Rohland , the president of the National Family Farm Coalition , said that the GAO report confirmed many farmers ' views that treating cows with a synthetic hormone puts the animals under greater stress , making them more vulnerable to infection , and hence leading to an increased use of antibiotics . |
| 8 | The small size of the formulations compared to red blood cells means they could penetrate solid tumours , making them more susceptible to chemotherapy and radiotherapy , and they could reach inaccessible parts of the heart during surgery . |
| 9 | Consider spraying your carpets with stain-retardant which coats the fibres and makes them more resistant to dirt and spills . |
| 10 | Hence the social acceptability of earlier retirement by women can prove a mixed blessing : it gives them more chance to leave paid work at a time of their own choosing , but also leaves them more open to pressure from others to retire . |
| 11 | For instance , there is evidence that a long history of failure in an important area of a person 's life makes them particularly vulnerable to depression in the context of a major loss or disappointment which could be interpreted as further evidence of their lack of competence . |
| 12 | When people begin speechreading instruction , their eagerness to progress and to understand everything instantly makes them very vulnerable to fatigue . |