Sentence examples for less acceptable than from inspiring English sources

Roots in black Africa, Mr. Gnammankou suspects, seemed less acceptable than roots in the ancient Christian kingdom of Ethiopia.

For Azerbaijan, the status quo is less acceptable than for Armenia: some 15% of Azerbaijan's territory is under occupation.

And parents fond of food may be encouraging cooking as a suitable activity, not less acceptable than soccer practice or ballet.

Perhaps a more interesting question is why their obliteration of sexual boundaries seems much less acceptable than that of male-to-female transvestites, transsexuals or cross-dressers.

So in versions of the trolley problem that involve physical contact, like the footbridge case above, harming one to save many is generally less acceptable than in versions that do not involve such contact, like the switch case.

Additionally, unlike transvestites of either sex, female bodybuilders don't so much mimic one gender as combine the two: they tend to look hermaphroditic, and hybridness is less acceptable than masquerade.

He said the visitors needed to learn more about Westerners, even seemingly small details like the fact that smoking is far less acceptable here than in China.

And we are going into a world where, as Nye has written, "War remains possible, but it is much less acceptable now than it was a century or even a half-century ago".

6 7 8 Other authors have suggested that use of metal staples or clips has a greater risk of wound infection 4 and might be less acceptable cosmetically than sutures. 2 Metal staples might also be more expensive.

Mr. Chen, who is viewed as less acceptable to Beijing than either of his two main rivals, said China's latest barrage of threats would play to his advantage as well by raising the hackles of voters.

But the reaction to the attack in Benghazi crystallized a sense among many diplomats that risks are less acceptable in Washington than they once were, that the mantra of "security" will only grow louder.