Example sentences of "make [pron] [adv] vulnerable to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The large size and wide-ranging habit of the orangutan make it especially vulnerable to devastation in tropical rainforests . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Around 80% of its business is generated through value-added resellers and dealers — of which there are 500 in the UK alone — making it particularly vulnerable to piracy . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When people begin speechreading instruction , their eagerness to progress and to understand everything instantly makes them very vulnerable to fatigue . |
| 7 | This makes women cheaper to dismiss and makes them more vulnerable to redundancy . |
| 8 | A history of failure in an area of life to which the person is highly committed not only makes him particularly vulnerable to depression following a further experience of failure , but can also raise the probability of further failures . |
| 9 | But I think that what we 're dealing with in developing countries is not so much erm an unwillingness to make themselves less vulnerable to disasters but much more erm they do n't have the resources . |