Sentence examples for not been substantive from inspiring English sources

The uproar about the paper has not been substantive".

This is a perilous game all round: all too often, referendums on EU institutions have not been substantive debates but mere popularity polls on national governments.

Otherwise, we expect that any changes brought about by strategies that do not satisfy these conditions will not be substantive enough to assure their generalization much beyond the specific context or time period in which they were implemented, or the developmental stage of those students who were exposed to them.

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.

But there have not been discussions, substantive discussions, of that yet.

An editor told him that there had not been a substantive biography since Ruth's death in 1948.

But Michael Steel, a spokesman for Mr. Boehner, said: "There have not been any substantive talks at all, or any response from the attorney general to the speaker.

A Nuggets official said there had not been one substantive conversation between the team and Brown regarding a move to Denver, where the interim coach, Mike Evans, is without a contract.

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.

"But she was not being very substantive in her response with her views," he added.

Why are they not being given substantive roles to lead the Party truly into the 21st Century?