Sentence examples for lesser tendency from inspiring English sources

Those higher in the scale donate electrons to their fellows lower down, which have a lesser tendency to donate, but a correspondingly greater tendency to accept, electrons.

Comparison of simultaneous IPNs with sequential IPNs showed that the latter show a lesser tendency to phase separation in the systems studied.

The reactivity ratios for ethylene/norbornene copolymerization suggest that these precatalysts show lesser tendency towards norbornene homopropagation in the copolymerization reactions.

Because of the increased specific volume of cesium, as compared with the lighter alkali metals, there is a lesser tendency for it to form alloy systems with other metals.

The jet fish pump (JFP), a special utilization of annular jet pump, is a potential tool for conveying fish in the aquatic industry because of its simple structure and lesser tendency toward mechanical injury.

Stands with E. regnans had a lesser tendency towards multi-cohortness than stands lacking this species, although most old-growth stands, including those dominated by E. regnans, were multi-cohort.

In oil-wet cases, aqueous phase has more affinity to flow and lesser tendencies to adhere to wall surface of pores or throats.

The observed trends revealed major deforestation and fragmentation in 1965 1987, followed by a lesser deforestation tendency in 1987–2003.

The dead brother, the psychotic break, the lesser career, the tendency toward beer and television sports and a spare tire.

The attractiveness of DHA as a HP probe might, however, be hindered by its relative acute toxicity (the LD50 of rats with unbuffered iv DHA is ∼0.32 g/kg), and to a lesser extent its tendency to be hydrolyzed to DKG.

To a lesser extent the similar tendency disturbs the formation of PSS-stabilized colloids on the basis of butyl-malonate substituted thiacalix[4]arene.