Sentence examples for but become less able from inspiring English sources

Second, through asymmetric division, they are able to produce progenitor cells which initially bear very similar characteristics to the stem cell, but become less able to self-renew with each subsequent division, and eventually stop dividing and terminally differentiate into a mature tissue-specific cell type.

Persons with PD in general, but particularly in patients with the postural instability and gait disorder, are likely to become less able to move around inside their homes and out in the community.

"As I become less able to get around by myself it's quite scary," she said.

Yet China, which is increasingly disgruntled with Mr Kim, has become less able to influence him.

As financial firms mark down the value of their investments, they become less able to make loans.

With many families facing stretched budgets, they have taken on large debts and become less able to spend.

Even as the environmental movement has become an established presence in Washington, it has become less able to win legislative victories.

And it says forests, oceans and soil will become less able to absorb carbon dioxide, which could contribute another 1.2C of warming by the end of the century.

After the Fall, plants had become less nutritious, or the human body had become less able to extract nutriment from plants, and we were now metabolically obliged to kill animals and eat their flesh.

As they are bred to produce to their maximum possible, whether milk, meat or eggs, they could become less able to fight off disease as their immunity becomes compromised.

Perhaps the language is well-intentioned, an attempt by society to care for its oldest members who may have become less able to look after themselves in the past.