Sentence examples for do anything substantive from inspiring English sources

So will the Trump administration ever do anything substantive to bring back mining and manufacturing jobs?

But a sizable minority of Republicans — especially in the House — are reluctant to give the president authority to do anything substantive.

How often is it possible to report that the New York Legislature has failed to do anything substantive without becoming an impossible nag?

He squandered nearly seven years by questioning the science of global warming and undermining efforts to do anything substantive about it.

"It is absolutely unclear if he wants to do anything substantive, but he now knows that he has a political problem.

• To the Editor: For almost 28 years now our political system has failed to do anything substantive to deal with our energy crisis.

"What Boehner would tell you at this point is they have a perfectly cordial relationship, but they haven't done anything substantive together," Mr. Steel said.

You now understand the principle behind the Bush administration's new proposal for financial reform, which will be formally announced today: it's all about creating the appearance of responding to the current crisis, without actually doing anything substantive.

One wonders if The Age of Stupid has become so successful that it risks becoming a gift-wrapped PR opportunity for politicians and business leaders – allowing them to bask in its reflected glory without doing anything substantive to head off the pending apocalypse.

More likely, Congress will debate the issue and find a way for Republican opponents of the deal to demonstrate their unhappiness without doing anything substantive.

The Democratic Party that exists today isn't interested in doing anything substantive about inequality, because it would be costly to all those Democratic donors".