Sentence examples for about the substantial from inspiring English sources

It seeks to bring about "the substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities and countries" (UNISDR 2015, p. 6).

Sydney Smith knew as much about the trivial anxieties of life as he did about the substantial ones.

But that's to forget entirely about the substantial number of secular humanists present in every state of the union.

"We are very concerned about the substantial upward drift of salaries' of some top management," they said.

The business secretary and his universities minister, David Willetts, wrote last month: "We are concerned about the substantial upward drift of salaries of some top management.

We should also worry about the substantial number of poor people with limited education or other impediments who don't find steady work even in full-employment years.

Also unaddressed in GBS 2.0 are the deeply serious concerns raised by several objectors about whether the substantial restructuring of the future market for digital books envisioned by the GBS settlement can be accomplished through the class action process.

Among the most persuasive may be a set of Republican governors who are fearful about losing the substantial health and monetary benefits from the law that their states currently enjoy.

Alan Greenspan worried this week about low oil stocks and the "substantial negative consequences" of high oil prices.

Debates about tracking often overlook the substantial influence of socioeconomic advantage on classroom performance.

Debate continues about the importance of the substantial portion of the genome that does not code for genes.