1.   Because unlike the Marmots, the rats had no resistance to the disease that the fleas carried.

2.   Her response had been poor and she had a resistance to anti-depressants.

3.   Almost all deaths caused by the flu occur in older people, because they have lower resistance to fight the illness.

4.   But such nails have little resistance to being pulled through and should be used just where stresses are quite unlikely to occur.

5.   But the Eskimos, who are commonly referred to as Inuit these days, had no resistance to the germs in New York.

6.   But with injuries and legal problems haunting some of his chief competitors, Armstrong may have little resistance between him and a fourth straight title.

7.   By the way, all of these have excellent resistance to cedar-apple rust, too.

8.   HIV has developed resistance to the drugs, and is gaining ground in his immune system.

9.   In the second cell, most of the others had died of scurvy, malaria, dysentery or something else their malnourished bodies had no resistance to fight.

10.   It has natural resistance to decay and insects, and is less apt to warp and crack.