Sentence examples for rather than substantive from inspiring English sources
But it is symbolic rather than substantive.
Differences from the UN language were "stylistic rather than substantive".
But Mr. Dinger wrote that the offer for closer ties appeared "symbolic rather than substantive".
In this sense, communicative ethics is formal and procedural rather than substantive.
Some of these distinctions, I think, are semantic rather than substantive.
Doing so for political reasons, rather than substantive ones, is even worse in their eyes.
Washington reporters are too often fixated on someone's tone rather than their substantive points.
For Wal-Mart to drop Amazon is more of a symbolic blow rather than a substantive one".
They perceived his claims as little more than an abstract declaration rather than a substantive resolution or authentic working through of the problem.
Jinri Toutiao, in particular, has been faulted for focussing on the sensational — celebrity gossip and scandal — rather than on substantive news.
"We believe the recent North Korean responses are largely rhetoric, rather than a substantive policy response," said Kim Euy Taek, a spokesman for the South Korean foreign ministry.
