Sentence examples for less prone than from inspiring English sources

They are less prone than metal to weakening with repeated flexing, a condition called fatigue.

Fed staff members are less prone than professors to go out on a paradigm-shaking limb.

The type of person, in other words, who is somewhat less prone than the average to be controlled by fear.

Studies find that children raised on farms are less prone than others to asthma, maybe because they are exposed to plenty of microbes in barns and stables.

This may be problematic because some groups of individuals could be more or less prone than others to report experiences of maltreatment.

And South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, is less prone than his misguided predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, to treat Mr Tsvangirai like dirt.

After leaving the venue or turning off their television sets, they are more, rather than less, prone to violence than they were before the contest began.

They're cheaper than a blockbuster, less prone to tantrums than an Australian actor, and they do the job.

More versatile than radars and less prone to error than optical cameras, which can be fooled by light, they're also bigger and a lot more expensive.

More likeable than De Niro, less prone to being embarrassing than Pacino, not as mawkish as Hoffman, less pretentious than Brando, more charming than Walken.

IS THE housing market less prone to bubbles than the stockmarket?