Sentence examples for more substantive debate from inspiring English sources

In his eagerness to dress up corporate infighting in the overheated language of video-game combat, he misses his story's invitation to a more substantive debate.

At the same time, there is plenty of media commentary about how devoid of substance much of the political debate has been so far, but little effort to actually do something about it by helping start a more substantive debate.

Suggesting that Mr. Obama had expected, and prepared for, a more substantive debate, Mr. Axelrod said, "I think he went thinking that this was going to be a discussion about the country's future, and he was confronted by this kind of Gantry-esque performance on the other side, just serially rewriting history".

Now, maybe if we could get that kind of letter going (of course, there are probably more questions to ask--I was trying to be succinct), we'd have a more substantive debate.

As the meeting progressed to the more substantive "thematic" debate, his remarks during his presentation at the podium and from the floor were reasonable, pragmatic, and targeted.

Groups like the U.S. Congressional-Executive Chinassion on Chinandnd Human Rights in China could use the bilateral forum to sit down with their Chinese counterparts, such as the government-sponsored China Society for Human Rights Studies, which will drive a more substantive, balanced debate.

But she's going to start pulling out immediately anyway?8 53 : I think the Dodge minivan commercial that I just watched was more substantive than this debate has been so far.8 53 : Here's another problem re the ads: over the past two days, there's been revelation after revelation about the authorisation of torture at the highest levels of the American government.

Dan Wharton Riverside, Ill., March 7 , 2008• To the Editor: While your call for more substantive discussion and debates on the part of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama sounds good on paper, there is one major flaw.

"His focus on fiscal responsibility made the presidential debates more substantive, and resulted in President Clinton making fiscal responsibility a top priority for his administration".

In terms of the "message", he stayed too long on the "new politics" versus the old parties; he should have banked that success and moved on to more substantive arguments for the final debate.

Equally, the European Union should, when formulating policy towards South-East Asia, raise the profile of this issue in order that we in the Foreign Affairs Committee can have a more substantive reason to have a debate in our Chamber in a few months' time.