Sentence examples for substantial and subtle from inspiring English sources

But what's good about it is substantial and subtle enough for you to want the rest of it to be more complex yet.

The system, introduced in 1994 to focus largely on the seven major crime categories, has changed in ways both substantial and subtle, and now records 734 of what officials call indicators: everything from concentrations of prostitutes to police overtime, allegations of abuse by officers and how often police commanders meet with community leaders.

One question that arises immediately is how to distinguish "substantial" and more "subtle" functional changes at the molecular level?

These reductions are not substantial, and reflect the subtle phenotype reported by Moreno-Loshuertos et al. (10).

These changes may be quick and substantial, but may also be slow and subtle.

Mr. Konig, who was the director of Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, from 2000 to 2012, said in a statement posted at manifesta.org that the biennial would be "subtle and substantial" and that "contemporary art and exhibits from the State Hermitage should dance side by side," with the anniversaries complementing one another.

(Johnson) Les Rogers: 'Summer Swells' (closes on Sunday) The stylistic promiscuity and subtle self-mockery characteristic of this painter become more substantial when deployed on small wood panels, the outer borders of which have been stained to resemble frames.

Suzi Feay, for the Financial Times, stated "Quietly powerful, consistently surprising, Pure is a fine addition to a substantial body of work" and also noted that "Miller's portraits of women and the poor are thoughtful and subtle".

This is subtle thinking and subtle art.

Subtle it ain't and subtle it needn't be.

It would be so pretty and subtle.