Sentences with phrase «extremely vulnerable»

One - third of U.S. mortgages taken out in the U.S. in 2005 and 2006 were in negative equity positions before house prices dropped, and at least half of the mortgages had less that 5 per cent equity, making them extremely vulnerable to even a small drop in prices.

Instead of being protected we've been made extremely vulnerable.

On the other hand, parents of children with an AD might also be afraid to express negative emotions, as they may underestimate the emotion regulation abilities of their child with an AD and perceive the child as extremely vulnerable, thereby discouraging the expression of emotions (Bögels and Brechman - Toussaint 2006).

We feel extremely vulnerable when half of everything that we need for security is in the hands of another person.

Tragically, this lack of identity and desperation for acceptance make Julie extremely vulnerable to the influence of peer pressure.

That all adds up to an extremely vulnerable position for an agency to be under an attorney general who may not see a lot of value in it anyway.

So when a couple decides to divorce they are almost by definition, extremely vulnerable and emotionally raw.

Once these abusive parents have their children more in their control that they ever had before, these children become extremely vulnerable to becoming quickly alienated from the parent whom they used to look to for protection.

For example, models of engagement between departmental officials and communities under a lead agency approach are extremely vulnerable to changes in key personnel, and the conflicting priorities arising from multiple changes of government.

Minister Wyatt believes that the result is people exiting custody without adequate support, who are «extremely vulnerable... they're not sure of that continuity back, even with their own GPs, if they've got a GP, because things change».

«We know that young people across the globe remain extremely vulnerable to unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, and HIV / AIDS, but are so often unable to access quality health care.

Economic Security for Extremely Vulnerable Families: Themes and Options for Workforce Development and Asset Strategies (PDF - 854 KB) Golden, Loprest, & Mills (2012) Explores workforce and asset development strategies for improving the economic security of extremely vulnerable families, those facing major challenges beyond poverty.

At this last state, one or both partners are extremely vulnerable to having an affair.

We can lose the other person which would make us extremely vulnerable and unsafe, and we can feel extremely hurt and rejected, which would compromise our own sense of self and threaten us with our own emotional and psychological annihilation.

Provide training on young people's mental well - being and therefore support adults to support extremely vulnerable young people.

«These are extremely vulnerable machines.»

Commenting, Ian McIntosh, Chief Executive of RED Driving School, said: «It's alarming that over half of the respondents said they feel vulnerable or extremely vulnerable when cycling on UK roads.

Financial strength is extremely vulnerable to adverse changes in underwriting and economic conditions.»

Many of these residents are extremely vulnerable to being abused or otherwise exploited.

«One has to bear in mind, and I have seen this both in crime and in immigration, that someone who is under threat of removal or is accused of a serious crime is extremely vulnerable and it is very easy for someone to say, «Come on, I can help you,»» he said.

He has experience in bringing judicial review claims against local authorities and other public bodies and is committed to acting for extremely vulnerable children or adult clients with specialist needs.

Both decisions considered very similar fact scenarios — extremely vulnerable workers who had been sexually harassed and assaulted in the workplace.

The same attributes that make motorcycles so appealing to riders also make them extremely vulnerable to accidents.

Children are extremely vulnerable.

Many of Claire's client's are extremely vulnerable and have found themselves involved in court proceedings for the first time, her calm, and sensitive handling of their cases helps to reassure and support them through this difficult time in their lives.

Pedestrians, even more so than motorcyclists and bicyclists, are extremely vulnerable to catastrophic injuries and fatalities.

In our society, the disabled and elderly are an extremely vulnerable segment of our population.

We hope that the seminars empowered this extremely vulnerable population.

Once powers are in place to remove material deemed by the State to be adverse to the public interest, our society and individual citizens become extremely vulnerable to the gross abuse of these powers, regardless of how well - meaning our current leadership may be now.

If you have consumed any of these foods and you are feeling at all unwell, you need to seek medical attention as soon as possible, particularly if you are pregnant, as pregnant women are also extremely vulnerable to listeria bacteria exposure.

Beyond the most obvious reason — the fact that motorcyclists are extremely vulnerable and more likely to be injured when an accident does occur — motorcyclists are also more likely to be involved in accidents, to begin with.

The Committee's decision to revoke the member's license because of her exploitation of an extremely vulnerable psychiatric patient was upheld by the Divisional Court.

Elderly citizens in nursing homes are extremely vulnerable to violations of their rights because they are medically frail making them powerless against abusive behavior.

Of importance to all regulators, the tribunal noted, in addressing injury to dignity (and in awarding $ 25,000 under this head of loss), the complainant was in an «extremely vulnerable position,» given that events were taking place at the very outset of his career, and involved interactions with his professional governing body, leading to «a significant power imbalance at play.»

«One in every 10 people on the planet lives in an extremely vulnerable zone within 60 miles of a coastline and less than 33 feet above sea level, and more people seem to be heading in that direction.

Peter Last from CSIRO says handfish are extremely vulnerable to environmental change, including introduced species, pollution, siltation, fishing, sea - temperature rise and coastal development.

Of Shipibo indigenous origin, he has been key in drawing attention to the problems of small communities that remain isolated inside the Peruvian Amazon, who face threats from the mining, logging and oil drilling industries, and are extremely vulnerable to contacts with the outside world.One of Cusurichi Palacios's most important achievements was an initiative to stop intrusion on the territory of indigenous people.

The main points arising from the regional assessment were that the Arctic is extremely vulnerable to projected climate change — major physical, ecological, sociological, and economic impacts are expected.

Megacities extremely vulnerable to natural perils, technological risks, terrorism and environmental hazards / More risk awareness and greater transparency urgently needed with regard to hazard exposure / Munich Re presents its views at the UN's World Conference on Disaster Reduction

On a national level, many global growth markets were extremely vulnerable to climate change, the report said, with important markets such as Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Vietnam and the Philippines all joining Bangladesh in the «extreme risk» category.

Climate change raises questions of both distributive and retributive justice because: (a) Climate change is a problem caused by some people that inflicts harm on others; (b) Some of the poorest people in the world are extremely vulnerable to its impacts and can do little to protect themselves from those impacts; (c) The adverse impacts to some of the world's poorest people are likely to be catastrophic; and (d) Huge reductions from status quo emissions are necessary to prevent catastrophic warming.

Throughout 2017, IRIN has been exploring the impact climate change has had on a large group of people who are extremely vulnerable to its effects and yet play a negligible role in causing it: smallholder farmers in Africa.

On the other hand India is home to more than 800 million poor people who are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

NGOs and small publishers - including bloggers - are extremely vulnerable to the threat of a costly libel or privacy actions in the UK.

Small island nations, like Saint Lucia and Barbados in the Caribbean, are extremely vulnerable to a warming climate, yet many rely on an industry that's a big driver of global carbon emissions.

This sector is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and commonly associated with food security.

In contrast, the foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada are extremely vulnerable to species loss.

Low reproductive rates: Whales have naturally low reproductive rates, making many species extremely vulnerable to increasing pressure from whaling.

This makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts.

This photo gallery exposes how extremely vulnerable Bangladesh is to natural disasters, with cyclones and flooding occurring regularly.