Sentence examples for amounted to a substantive from inspiring English sources
Further, the government accept that the treatment that the applicant's brother received in police custody amounted to a substantive violation of article 3 with 14 of the Convention".
Although ruling that the councils had not breached the 1964 Public Libraries and Museums Act, and had not rushed through a consultation process on the closures, McKenna did believe they had failed to take account of their equality duties – an omission which he said amounted to "a substantive … defect".
It amounts to a substantive change in the way of doing things".
While trying to project a more engaged persona, he actually made the mistake of confusing what amounted to a stage direction on his cue card with a substantive talking point.
While there was no breakthrough on the substantive issues dividing the two countries, the agreement to work together amounted to a truce in a stormy relationship that had worsened with the breakdown of global trade talks in Cancún in September.
It amounted to an execution".
Even choosing to defer to the other branches of government amounts to a substantive stand on the question.
The plaintiffs charged that the regulators, by ruling that Florida's legislation did not amount to a substantive change in standards, had failed in their duty.
Throughout the coverage, one catches a whiff of what seems like substantive pushback on this power grab, but it largely amounts to a facsimile of journalistic diligence.
