Infinitive complement

• touch: There is an area of bare pink skin on the snout that is very sensitive to touch.

• smoke: Sit away from the lively bar if you're sensitive to smoke & book ahead for the popular weekend brunch.

• gender: They should be of sufficient quality, culturally appropriate and sensitive to gender, life-cycle and privacy requirements.

Modifies a noun

• skin: Just 5 minutes in strong sunlight can burn people with sensitive skins.

• datum: Permission to work with sensitive data must be sought.

• nature: Due to is possibly sensitive nature the field has to be securely encrypted to ensure patient confidentiality.

• manner: He organizes his work effectively and directs others in a sensitive manner.

• soul: Dubai has even, it seems, turned Jim into a sensitive soul, not something he's renowned for back in Britain.

• handling: All would undergo specialized training, including the development of skills in the sensitive handling of the bereaved.

Modifying Another Word

• environmentally: The project took place at an environmentally sensitive location, with all run-off water quickly entering local rivers.

• culturally: Its aims are to foster a more culturally sensitive care approach.

• commercially: They recognized that some aspects of their discussions might cover commercially sensitive issues.

• politically: Touching upon car ownership and use is politically sensitive the issue has been toned down.

• highly: These fragile ecosystems are highly sensitive to changes in temperature.

• particularly: Within or near to particularly sensitive areas waste disposal site may not be justifiable.

Used with adjective complement

• remain: But the road layout has remained sensitive to its integrity, and it is still a church to walk to rather than drive.

• deem: After September 11th 2001 Clear Channel issued a list of 150 songs to its member stations that it deemed too sensitive to play.

• become: The body's immune system becomes sensitive to the allergen.

• consider: Data are often collected through questioning as national census information is often not available because it is considered too sensitive.

• feel: A woman who has just come back from pregnancy leave may feel sensitive that she is asking for part-time.