Sentence examples for less able to resist from inspiring English sources

We know, for example, that adolescents are less able to resist peer pressure than adults are.

They also rendered the Kazakhs even less able to resist the encroachments of Russia from the north.

Women of lower socioeconomic status may be less able to resist pressure from a doctor seeking convenience or hoping to avoid a malpractice lawsuit.

When people fended off the temptation to scarf down M&M's or freshly baked chocolate-chip cookies, they were then less able to resist other temptations.

Some scientists think that the seals were weakened by toxins from the mill and less able to resist the parasites, Ms. Basharova said.

THE RESULTS The researchers found that the children who were less able to resist temptation at the age of 4 were also less able to damp down their positive response to the happy faces 40 years later.

He acknowledges the manifesto problem, but is convinced that the more he exposes people to the arguments, the less they will be able to resist them.

Will the copywriters at Saatchi & Saatchi creating advertising for the coming test of Tide Basic — a version of Tide detergent, sold by Procter & Gamble, that will cost 20percentt less than standard Tide — be able to resist using slogans like "Basic will Tide you over till the recession is over"?

By fighting Mr Estrada's appointment to the federal court so fiercely, the Democrats are making it less likely that they will be able to resist Mr Gonzales's elevation to the Supreme Court in a year or so.Mr Bush has warned the Democrats against "playing politics" with the Estrada nomination.

It tasted worse and was less hardy than the Gros Michel, but the species seemed able to resist the fungal invasion, known as "Panama disease".

With their faces obscured, they were less able to escape, to resist, or elicit sympathy by making eye contact with bystanders.