Sentence examples for may be substantive from inspiring English sources

As a starting point, these data suggest there may be substantive differences in the opinions of key stakeholder constituencies that need to work together to conduct ACTs.

In the mind of a Harvard doctor, 1.6 million unreported dollars may not be substantive -- merely the price of a few bagels -- but there are many of us who think that sum constitutes real money.

Nominally, peak concentrations were best mitigated by the high efficiency in-duct device (86 ng/m), although the difference in comparison to peaks associated with the other air cleaning approaches (approximately 100 ng/m) may not be substantive relative to uncertainties in the modeling analysis.

More specifically, categories that appear to be descriptive may in fact be functioning normatively; and categories that appear to be substantive, may in fact be functioning as one end of a qualitative spectrum.

But the role may be more substantive than it sounds.

Quartet diplomats say Mr. Sharon may be withholding substantive concessions for his meeting with President Bush.

These conceptions may "incorporate normative substance" in different ways and hence may be weakly substantive (Benson 2005, 133).

Cooperative programs within the APEC framework may be either substantive or symbolic, but given all the present challenges and needs, both are valuable for the region.

"There may be real substantive problems with actually doing [what Welch is proposing] but you can understand the populist appeal," said Allan Rivlin, a partner at the polling firm Hart Research.

2) There may have been substantive, non-crazed reasons for them taking these actions".

The headline-making charges against Columbia, and earlier against National Medical Enterprises (now Tenet Healthcare Corp ., may have been substantive.