Sentence examples for be substantive rather than from inspiring English sources

This must be substantive rather than a simple going through the motions to check boxes.

These examples may point to a general problem with the attempt to derive impartiality from universalizability: whereas the latter, at least on a Kantian interpretation, is a formal property of moral judgments, moral impartiality, as we have seen, is a substantive rather than a formal concept.

But a US attorney who represents clergy abuse victims said he hoped the meeting would be "substantive and meaningful" rather than for cosmetic purposes.

Others were acquiescent, while hoping that the promised autonomy would prove substantive rather than cosmetic.

We will focus on substantive rather than technical concerns.

In this usage, Deleuze later clarifies, "multiplicity" designates the multiple as a substantive, rather than as a predicate.

"Be substantive".

There are substantive issues.

It was substantive.

The other is substantive.

That's led many Beltway observers to believe that if Obama's Latin American policy breaks with that of his predecessor, it will be through stylistic rather than substantive changes; President Obama will strike a warmer, more respectful tone towards Latin American leaders, but the bulk of his actual policies probably won't differ materially from those of Bush or Clinton.