Sentence examples for marble less from inspiring English sources

For statuettes, ivory and amber, limestone, marble, wood, gold, silver, bronze, and terra-cotta were used; of these, terra-cotta was by far the most common, bronze and marble less so, and the rest rare.

The unconfined compressive strength of granulated marble is less than 50% of that of intact marble, while the strength of the granulated marble increases to about 80% of that of the intact marble at higher confining stresses.

However, Ray Robinson felt that "no bowler could have got a marble, much less a [cricket] ball between his bat and his left leg".

Cultured marble is less delicate but still requires careful cleaning to avoid deep scratches or damage.

For acidic bulk water (≤ pH 2.0), the lifetime of the liquid marbles was less than 10 s, and the liquid marbles quickly ruptured upon contact with the water.

The 2008 world champion complained on the team radio after his first venture into the gravel that the circuit was "like driving on marbles" with less downforce and more torque and power on the new cars taking some getting used to.

Due to the fact that some rock masses such as marbles contain less discontinuity, collection of representative amount of data from in situ line surveys for statistical assessments is highly difficult.

The Japanese Wagyu breed of cattle has been traditionally selected for high IMCL accumulation (measured as marbling score with an average of 8.52), whereas the Limousin breed has been selected for heavy muscle, which leads to low IMCL accumulation (average marbling score less than 4.78) [11].

There is plenty of money in Livingston -- floors are accented with marble -- but less brass and flash.

The schist and gneiss are quite resistant to erosion; marble, which is less resistant, underlies the valleys.

All these materials and more are available from a growing number of designers who are bypassing traditional materials -- wood, plaster and marble -- for less costly industrial supplies.