Sentence examples for than steep from inspiring English sources

They require coastlines beaches with beaches that have gradual inclines rather than steep cliffs, which prevent penguins from being able to come ashore (Boersma 1977).

"Moreover, the pill will be sweetened by strong reassurances that a benign inflation outlook means the path of further rate rises will be gently sloping and carefully measured, rather than steep and aggressive".

It was a modest foothill compared with the mountainous affair Mr. Joho prepares for friends every Christmas Eve, with 20 kinds of pork and pork sausages and 20 kinds of wine, but it was more than steep enough for me.

For climbers, it's an obvious target, and dozens of routes to the top have been established, ranging from beginner climbs that involve little more than steep hiking with an ice ax to advanced lines that require ropes, route choices and glacier-climbing skills.

Only 22 seconds cover the first 26 riders in the overall standings with four stages to go, but on Thursday the tour should take shape after the summit finish at Hartside between Penrith and Alston in the Pennines, and an exposed five-mile climb, dragging rather than steep, topping out at 1,904 feet.

In Japan, the PSP Go currently goes for 26,800 Yen, a more than steep price when compared to the 16,800 to 19,800 Yen buyers have to pay for a PSP-300o or the 29,980 Yen a PS3 costs (10,000 Yen=$110).

IF FOR nothing else, the dictators of Tunisia and Egypt must be thanked for bowing out rather than steeping themselves in blood.

Reading the position papers of a group with whom you agree– which is what James R indulges in regularly– is nothing more than steeping in one's own poison.

Generally, in the upper 100 cm soil layer of deforested lands, gentle and moderate slopes had higher SOC density than steeper slopes.

In that respect, evolutionary algorithms appear to be better candidates than steepest descent method [13 15].

He also believed that rather than steeping themselves in history, the intelligence community was focused on mounting operations against various objectives.