Sentence examples for substantial and less from inspiring English sources

Woit's book is both less substantial and less accessible.

As with so many people, the more attractive scallops are less substantial and less deeply rewarding than the ugly ones.

The tiles themselves were often more substantial and less prone to crack and the so-called mud job, or the way tiles are set in place, was more careful and adhesive.

More to the point, just as in the 60's, the last time fairy tale imagery touched the culture with significant force, people appear to be reaching for an alternate reality they believe to be more gritty and substantial, and less slick, than their own.

Didn't we have anything more substantial, and less self-denigrating to talk about?

In my own mid-20s long-term relationship, we never took a big trip abroad together, but we did watch that show, which provided some of the same rewards maintaining the veneer of engaging in something substantial and less embarrassing than, say, binge-watching The Hills.

The two Vivaldi serenatas on Robert King's set for Hyperion are less substantial and considerably less interesting than L'Olimpiade, and never performed with the same energy and intensity that Alessandrini and his singers bring to the opera.

For sites such as bladder and cervix/uterus, for which survival times can be lengthy, rate ratios approaching 2 between groups are substantial, important, and less likely to be merely lead time bias.

The difference between a good writing day and a day on which I feel bruised, anxious and unconvinced as to whether I have the requisite skills at all often comes down to nothing more substantial – and nothing less unwieldy – than my headspace.

Although FAD exposure had some significant effects on T and Vtg in males, the impacts were less substantial and trends were less clear than those observed for females.

In contrast to LPL and HL, EL shows substantial phospholipase activity and less triglyceride lipase activity.