Sentence examples for but is less satisfactory from inspiring English sources

A simple one-dimensional model for the pyrolysis of wood, taking account of the heat of pyrolysis and the evaporation of moisture, is capable of predicting the mass loss quite well, but is less satisfactory for predicting the temperature in the period prior to flaming ignition.

Waiting 3 years after diagnosis would exclude most with type 1 diabetes but is less satisfactory.

Objectives: Positron emission tomography (PET) using fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is useful for restaging renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and detecting metastatic diseases but is less satisfactory for detecting primary disease.

Fibreboard or other types of material may be employed but are less satisfactory than metal, which offers protection against insects and moisture loss or gain and which permits packaging with an inert gas.

Models are adequate for investigating what could happen, but are less satisfactory for predicting what will happen.

When utilized on a broad range of incident UV intensities (3, 16 and 130 mW/cm2), there was considerable success for predicting conversion for all the cases, but the result is less satisfactory for shrinkage prediction at the highest UV intensity.

But her newly built home is less satisfactory.

The classic partial differential equation (PDE) has achieved a great success in suppressing Gaussian noise, but its performance in reducing impulse noise is less satisfactory.

It is less satisfactory than vacuum aspiration early in pregnancy but can be more easily used after 12 weeks.

Elsewhere the situation is less satisfactory.

Using desktop applications such as Word and Excel with touch is less satisfactory.