Sentence examples for in substance a from inspiring English sources

[Thus] translation is not in substance a new work.

It was, in substance, a free pass away from the front.

The answer was, in substance, a general denial for want of knowledge.

That is in substance a full guarantee, but not one the government recognizes.

The suit seeks only, in substance, a judicial declaration that jurisdiction does not exist in the Municipal Court.

Outgoing EPA director Paul Vogel did not have an interest in the project but the court found that he adopted in substance a report made on the back of the invalid assessment.

This is, in substance, an application for the 'Information Card' provided for in § 44.03 d).

The Secretary may disallow the deduction under paragraph (1) for any dividend if the Secretary determines that such dividend constitutes, in substance, an avoidance or evasion of taxation.

A change in the zoning of particular property, although in form (amendment of a zoning ordinance) and in traditional analysis thought to be legislative action, is in substance an administrative, not legislative, act". West v. City of Portage, 392 Mich.

When [the Slones] sold the stock to Berlinetta, along with that tax liability, [the Slones] received, in substance, an ostensibly tax-free liquidating distribution from Slone Broadcasting.

It was in substance an in-vivo competition assay performed under two defined physiological conditions.