Sentence examples for any substantive issue from inspiring English sources

"It's usually not any substantive issue that's causing those delays," he said.

Whatever terrain the 2016 election will be decided upon, there is little evidence to suggest Isis or Iraq – or, perhaps, any substantive issue – will be it.

But the next round of European Parliament elections will be in May 2014, and the European Commission and European Council will be reappointed only a few months later, making it all but impossible to make progress on any substantive issue until the new leadership is in place.

If anyone still insists on calling these smaller groups of theories by the simple name, 'consequentialism', this narrower usage will not affect any substantive issue.

While a later study found that only about 7 percent of these communications addressed any substantive issue, they still ran 75 to one in favor of Nixon.

The letter that Senator McCain sent dated November 17 , 1999to then FCC Chairman Bill Kennard expressed "concern about the Commission's continuing failure to act on the pending applications for assignment of the licenses" [after two years], and went on to say: "This letter is not written to secure a favorable resolution for any party on any substantive issue pending before the Commission".

There were no musical numbers nor were there any jugglers, although Trump certainly tap danced around addressing any substantive issues of policy.

North Koreans can get in serious trouble for trying to talk to a foreigner about any substantive issues, so this is "hardly constructive engagement", she says.

The News Corporation said in a statement Thursday that it was "confident that the proposed investment will not adversely affect media plurality in the United Kingdom," adding that it "looks forward to discussing any substantive issues with the relevant authorities".

"News Corporation is confident that the proposed investment will not adversely affect media plurality in the United Kingdom and looks forward to discussing any substantive issues with the relevant authorities," the company said in a statement.

The best way to proceed, when dealing with quasi-technical words like 'proposition', may be to stipulate a definition and proceed with caution, making sure not to close off any substantive issues by definitional fiat.