Sentence examples for vulnerable ground from inspiring English sources

Shippan Point's peninsula is ringed with vulnerable ground, some of which has been fortified with dikes ever since hurricanes decades ago.

Or does so little time elapse between cavity formation and a sinkhole event that it would be impossible unless all vulnerable ground was monitored 24/7?

Especially important are the protection of vulnerable ground and surface water resources and the promotion of more water-efficient technologies.

US forces have already had to make less use of helicopters, which are vulnerable to ground fire at close range.

"People were on the radio, and the sun was coming up," which would make the bat-winged, jet-black planes that fly only night missions more vulnerable to ground fire.

But it is much more vulnerable to ground fire than the heavily armoured A-10 and in "non-permissive environments" can operate only at night.NATO sources claim that the air campaign has close to everything it needs and that about 45% of the sorties being flown result in bombs or missiles being dropped or fired.

They plan to step up the effort even more this week, with the arrival of a dozen French and four British attack helicopters that can hit targets more precisely in and around Tripoli, but are also more vulnerable to ground fire.

"There are going to be more storms, and the more vulnerable the ground becomes to absorb those storms, the more damage is going to be done to population centers and industrial areas," said Val Marmillion, managing director of America's Wetland Foundation, a Louisiana-based nonprofit.

Low rise buildings are particularly vulnerable to ground movements sourced from swelling and shrinking of the expansive clay soils.

Flying characters can quickly hover above the map for near un-obstructed views of almost the entire map, but this also leaves them vulnerable to ground fire from almost every angle.

There were tactical problems with this, as low-flying aircraft were vulnerable to ground fire.