Sentence examples for be a less noble from inspiring English sources

That may be a less noble account, but hardly pathological, or in need of some medical classification.

"But the deeper truth is this: there is a less noble reason.

Underlying the noble rhetoric about what a valuable civics lesson Madison has witnessed, there's a less noble quality, a failure to acknowledge the self-indulgence implicit in all the carping.

Perhaps there's a less noble but more engaging way to spur today's youth to read?

The host of a television show which, by definition, explores controversial political topics says that bombing from afar is a less than noble form of warfare and that the Sept. 11 hijackers were something other (deluded? evil? sadistic? twisted?) than cowardly.

Which is why some suspect a less noble motive, to wreck Mr Sarkozy's chances.

Examples in Britain are a tad less noble but suggest art's power over public life is no less real.

However, the initial M content in the as-synthesized PtM NP catalysts can vary significantly from the residual M content in the in situ electrodes since a great deal of M (a less noble metal) is preferentially dissolved during the (electro chemical dealloying, the cyclic voltammetric pretreatment, and/or the PEMFC operation.

Such defects — when going through from the top surface to the coating/substrate interface — can result in a markedly decreased corrosion resistance of the coating/substrate system if a less noble substrate material is coated with a more noble material like hard nitrides.

Better, it helps Nas and Damian avoid the pitfalls that lie in wait for wealthy western stars whose attitudes towards Africa may be no less noble, but who may end up being condescending when expressing them.

His casts with a fly rod were the envy of other anglers, but he insisted that casting a spinning reel was no less noble.