Sentence examples for be unsubstantial from inspiring English sources

Demarco backed his controversial position by arguing that the financial benefit to taxpayers from principal reductions would be unsubstantial, while introducing "moral hazard" into the housing market.

The State Department, in a deeply flawed report, recently stated that the pipeline's environmental impact would be unsubstantial, even though it acknowledged the extraordinary toxic nature of tar sand oil.

The argument under the 'equal protection' clause is unsubstantial.

There is precious little that is unsubstantial or petite about its food.

His achievements are unsubstantial; he has had an undistinguished political career.

It followed established practice, as modified by the statute; and we think the objections to its jurisdiction are unsubstantial.

James Kemp directs a quartet of short pieces, presented in repertory in two double bills, the first of which proves as stylish as it is unsubstantial.

Some of them claimed she was unsubstantial -- good at glossing over differences and honey-coating political unpleasantness but unwilling to make hard choices.

By stipulation there was a single petition for certiorari, and the cases in the circuit court of appeals were considered together on the record in the Armour Packing Company Case, and, as it is conceded in the brief of the learned counsel for the petitioners that the differences in the cases are unsubstantial, the same course may be followed here.

The dumpling dough is consistently and remarkably thin, without being unsubstantial, and every one of the varieties I tried — the restaurant offers nine different stuffings, including sweet farmer cheese, salted farmer cheese and sour cherry — was seasoned with a sure hand.

We therefore conclude that the purported nonfederal ground put forward by the state court for its refusal to decide the constitutional question was unsubstantial and illusory, and that the appellant may invoke the jurisdiction of this Court to decide the question.