Sentence examples for lacking in substantive from inspiring English sources
"Faculty responses to required student posts were often limited to a few words of encouragement and lacking in substantive exchange between student and teacher," the report read.
But what Aguilera lacked in any substantive answers to his questions, she made up for by announcing that she would be premiering her new music video for "Your Body" on his show this Wednesday.
It is an appraisal of the vitality of the American political system, which we in Europe too often presume to be banal, unidimensional, lacking in authentic debate and substantive stakes (whereas I discovered -- and attempted to describe -- a far more intricate, lively, exciting ideological battleground).
What's lacking in restoration efforts is not priority setting but substantive policy or legislation to control the problems, Zorn says.
Ms. Palin has also enlisted a small team of policy counselors to guide her through the substantive areas in which many deemed her to be lacking in 2008.
While these are often more structured and more substantive forms of communication, dashboard metrics often focus on outcomes not within the direct control of the employee, while most periodic performance reviews are notoriously lacking in effectiveness.
This situation is exacerbated by the wider neglect of landscape matters in Scotland, with authorities lacking substantive tools and resources for evaluation and innovation when compared with economic and social imperatives.
"In the Company of Soldiers" lacks a substantive overview, but it is still a fascinating first-hand account.
Despite the witty banter, Lilla's review lacks a substantive heart and soul, much like liberalism.
Only properly-signed estimates should be introduced, and special caution is warranted for measurement error covariances because the measurement error variables in structural equation models are beyond, or are external to, the substantive modeled latent theory, and hence covariances between error variables often lack substantive theoretical grounding.
