The phrase "not as substantive" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means not as meaningful, important, or significant compared to something else. Example: While her arguments were well-presented, they were not as substantive as those of her opponent, who provided concrete evidence to support their claims.
"I do think there's a shift to the left, but it's not as substantive as the Zuma people would have you think," said Mr. Habib, a deputy vice chancellor at the University of Johannesburg.
Tompkins's attorney did not request that the judge give a limiting instruction to the jury that the evidence of Purifoy's acquittal be considered only as to his credibility and not as substantive evidence of Thompkins' guilt.
The resulting estimates should therefore be used only for methodological comparison purpose and not as substantive epidemiological results.
While the new law does offer a helping hand to these homeowners, critics say the benefits will not be as substantive as the bankruptcy judge provision would have been.
It won't be nearly as substantive as Bretton Woods, but it might be almost as symbolic.
He argued the process for the decision making was not as pertinent as the substantive judgment, which was that Rudd was not well suited to the role of UN secretary general.
The definition is not as important as the substantive conclusion: The fact that it is possible to restore a previously existing structure by many non-trivial mutational pathways is sufficient to cause pronounced antagonistic directional epistasis.
But that's not, as currently constituted, a lasting, substantive change.
Such rhetoric is as substantive as a loud fart.
Most of it has to be as substantive as possible".
"I see this as form, not as a substantive issue," City Attorney Philip Kohn told the commission.
