Sentence examples for was not sturdy from inspiring English sources

Inspectors had said that the building was not sturdy enough to withstand hurricane-force winds; Ikea pointed to historical records showing that such winds have never occurred in central Russia.

Tolmé's design was not sturdy enough to carry heavy vehicles, and drainage problems on the approach road to the north discouraged vehicles from using Wandsworth Bridge.

She tested a new fire-control system in 1924 at ranges up to 26000 m; her new tripod mast was not sturdy enough for the weight of the system, but it was judged to be successful and subsequently installed in the s.

He said that he had brought a knife to his son's outdoor birthday party to cut an ice cream cake, but it wasn't sturdy enough.

Unfortunately, the desk mount stand wasn't sturdy enough to keep the heavy phone and case securely in place; it kept sagging down instead of keeping the screen pointed at my face. .

They were not sturdy enough".

The room shrinks, because the old wall is not replaced but built over, and the new wall is not sturdy.

But, although it has a slow-burning emotional power, its realistic base is not sturdy enough to support its huge metaphorical overload.

The Founding Fathers were not sturdy believers in the democratic ethos but élites adrift without a clear-cut hierarchy, who propped themselves up by disparaging the poor.

TransCanada has refused to change its application despite critics who have contended that the half-inch-thick wall of the pipeline is not sturdy enough for maximum flow pressures, a claim the company denies.

Although Mr. Eyerly's libretto moves along briskly for the most part, and cuts Hawthorne's dourness with occasional humorous touches, it also stops for ensembles on ideas that are not sturdy enough to bear much lingering.