Sentence examples for were less apt from inspiring English sources

But the researchers noted that they mounted less often, were less apt to penetrate and did not stick at it for as long as the normal mice.

Dr. Gerald F. Fletcher, a cardiologist and professor at the Mayo Medical School in Jacksonville, Fla., said the study confirmed findings that physically conditioned people were less apt to die of heart problems.

After consuming an amount of alcohol that would be mildly intoxicating to humans (equivalent to a 0.05 to 0.08 blood alcohol concentration) the larvae were less apt at avoiding an attractive odor that had been paired with an unpleasant heat shock than their sober counterparts indicating that alcohol initially impaired learning.

They were less apt to believe statements uttered with accents, compared with the same statements in unaccented speech -- and it was clearly the processing difficulty that was shaping these judgments.

Put more simply: The Great Wall is a throwback to a time when American audiences were less apt to consider the racial politics of a movie where a white action hero saves the day in an "exotic" land, ala Tarzan or any manner of John Wayne film.

People who feel respected are less apt to sue.

Preschools are less apt to have large budgets".

But men are less apt to take precautions.

The term "pro-life" could not be less apt.

Kovalchuk is the better skater, but he is less apt to lurch and dangle.

But they have been less apt to work in concert across the country.