Sentence examples for format and substance from inspiring English sources

Yet the debates were so distinct in format and substance that they offered viewers a chance to see how the contenders could handle wildly different situations.

Critics have sometimes charged that the debates, and their format and substance, are controlled by the two major parties and campaigns.

Judith A. Jacobs, the Democratic presiding officer of the Legislature, had nothing kind to say about the form, format or substance of the Republicans' proposals.

Given that Clegg wants an amnesty for illegal immigrants, (and this policy polls as incredibly unpopular), it shows how the format of the "debate" allowed style and substance to blur and attach equal weight.

The question was whether the format, and the moderator, would reward substance or bluster.

This method obtains estimates of substance use by using a calendar format and providing retrospective estimates of the participant's substance use over the last 3 months [ 41].

One thinks of Mark Allen Stamaty's cartooning, which is similar in style and substance but clearer in its traditional comic strip format.

Hue and substance were reintegrated.

Smooth and viscous with length and substance.

His team lacks style and substance.

Both blend glitter and substance.