Sentence examples for substantial had from inspiring English sources

Nothing substantial had been done to alter the façade, but somehow the place looked unfamiliar.

The players' message echoed his, namely that nothing substantial had been achieved yet.

Over all, the various trips and meetings reflected a sense that something substantial had occurred even though Mr. Barak and Mr. Arafat came down from the Catoctin Mountains seemingly empty-handed.

The result is a film that comes close to replicating Lang's original vision, although I must confess that the additions (although substantial) had less effect on the overall tone of the movie that I had expected.

On October 30th, Mr Koizumi and Heizo Takenaka, his minister for economic and fiscal policy, celebrated Halloween a day early by wrapping yet another flimsy financial package in a costume that they labelled "reform".Something far more substantial had been expected.

"The SFA realised something significant and substantial had to be done," said McLeish.

Nothing substantial has yet happened.

But Liberty describes them as "a little bit of window-dressing: nothing substantial has changed".

Barley and wheat are the main cereals; the land devoted to potatoes, though substantial, has declined.

But evidence that the statement is substantial has also been supplied by the criticism it has garnered.

It's one big depressing chain of radioactive contamination and, as of yet, nothing substantial has been done about it.  .