Example sentences of "to [be] sensitive [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With so much emphasis these days on using role-play with adolescents for Life Skills we need to train our teachers to be sensitive to the meaning and usage of structure . |
| 2 | Previously , however , the worst effects were largely avoided by a combination of the expertise of the cartographer , who knew about the inherent generalization implicit in analogue maps , while the difficulty of manipulating maps by manual means precluded most forms of analysis likely to be sensitive to the effects of error . |
| 3 | They have to be sensitive to the insecurities and low morale of many people working in education at present . |
| 4 | In addition to looking at the causes which make people flee from their countries , the Vatican also asks countries to be sensitive to the plight of the refugees . |
| 5 | For instance , being in the business , and purporting to understand the wider implications , our designs would have to be sensitive to the practicalities and compromises involved in production — whether or not these instruments ever got to that stage . |
| 6 | One needs to be sensitive to the pressures on those with whom one is negotiating . |
| 7 | The results probably show that all subjects an relatively unfamiliar with a serial recall task involving signs and that deaf people tend to be sensitive to the language base of speech coding though they do not have a significant facilitation in overt rehearsal . |
| 8 | Our evidence points to the need both to be sensitive to the many different recipients of public policy and their potentially different views on its effects , and to the need to understand the meaning , to those on the receiving end , of actions taken in the name of public policy . |
| 9 | Young people are also more likely to be sensitive to the high price of tobacco products . |
| 10 | The discretion was for the District Courts to exercise , but they were urged to be sensitive to the interests expressed in the Convention . |
| 11 | Those with a nervous disposition and who are anxious or panicky are more likely to be sensitive to the adverse effects of caffeine . |
| 12 | But it does urge all who are responsible for ordering the worship of parish churches to be sensitive to the variety of people who constitute our congregations . |
| 13 | The businessman has to be sensitive to the needs of the customer or to the demands of the shareholders . |
| 14 | The politics of the situation probably means that it has to be sensitive to the traditional concerns of the governments themselves but it also has to provide strong arguments for deviations from generally accepted accounting principles for business . |
| 15 | In this connection , central government and LEAs were urged to be sensitive to the wishes of some groups to have their daughters educated in single-sex schools . |
| 16 | It may be argued that the results are likely to be sensitive to the assumptions of the model . |
| 17 | Obviously , a publisher must bargain hard , and may have special cause to do so if the property in question has a strong and valuable branding , but , if ever a deal is to be made , the publisher needs to be sensitive to the real commercial worth of his material in the broader context of multimedia development . |
| 18 | Any information system needs to be sensitive to the present and future environment . |
| 19 | During the study period three patients were found to be sensitive to the elemental diet formula used to induce remission and a further patient proved to have profound salicylate sensitivity . |