Sentence examples for is less durable from inspiring English sources

For the last couple of years, the sporadic talk has been that he is getting slower, is less durable and is less a factor.

Some critics believe that although "Savushun" strikes a rich chord in Iranian hearts, it is less durable as literature than avant-garde novels like "The Blind Owl," a dazzlingly modern work of violent fantasy by Ms. Daneshvar's contemporary, Sadegh Hedayat.

After its release, people flocked to Fort Hays, even though the film had been shot in South Dakota.Something of the same sort happened with "Gunsmoke", a long-running TV series with a western theme set in Dodge City, Kansas, and filmed in California though it also underlines how film charm is less durable than old stones and can fade alarmingly with memory.

RA concrete is less durable due to high porosity of recycled aggregate.

The calcareous sandstone from Uncastillo performed worse in terms of hydric and mechanical behaviour and consequently is less durable than the siliciclastic sandstone from Villaviciosa.

It is interesting to note that some reports indicate that redwood timber is less durable in moist soils (Hedley and Foster [1972]; Johnson et al. [1996]) or climates (Eslyn et al. [1985]; Highley [1995]).

Judgements based solely on the way the world looks at the end of 1983 could be less durable than his own.

Byam's monocoque aircraft torpedo trailer designs proved more expensive to build than trailers that were less durable and less visually exciting.

He warned that wearing the look-alike clothing was unwise, and not just because it was less durable than the real thing.

They're less durable than supermarket varieties, said Susan Blew of Oak Grove Plantation, a specialist in organic herbs in Pittsfield, N.J., which sells exotic basils at the Union Square Greenmarket all summer long.

Typologies, subsisting usually on the frontiers of research, are less durable than classifications in that their descriptions are accepted only to the degree that they continue to provide solutions to problems.