Sentence examples for seem substantial from inspiring English sources

All together, the seven strips of greenery hardly seem substantial enough to amount to a park.

The artisan's cut may not seem substantial, Mr. Shany said, but it is more than double previous monthly earnings.

They want to make their shed seem substantial and "tactile", so they give an exaggerated thickness to its facade.

Currently, a third of the world's landmass is forested, which may seem substantial but represents a stark historical decline.

While that may seem substantial, Sutherland makes the point that even after the increase, spending on personal care will be barely a tenth of the total public expenditure in Scotland on supporting older people.

Here, where we don't feel either maternally protective of Piper or hypercritical of the mistakes she's made in her life (our hands are already full, what with Britney, Lindsay, and Paris), she just doesn't seem substantial enough to sustain a series.

The rumors seemed substantial.

And Malcolm seems substantial: it's not a fly-by-night, suspicious name.

Even after the girl left, in clouds and drifts of white, nothing seemed substantial.

What seems substantial in Brussels is likely to be judged less compelling elsewhere.

The secretary pointed to a small bunch of tulips that, before coming to rest in this room, had seemed substantial.