Sentence examples for substantive at from inspiring English sources

The late icon received a salute that was far more sweet than substantive at New York's Carnegie Hall.

Some of us hoped that he would get substantive at a nonstump speech at the U.C.L.A. Center for International Relations.

When under fire, the best press spokesmen thrive by appearing to communicate with us-while actually saying nothing substantive at all.

Afghan officials in Kabul and some of the seven areas have acknowledged that the change will be more symbolic than substantive, at least in the short term.

OK for tax free institutions but probably the after-tax haircut for individuals is too substantive at 39%.

However, Beijing is refusing the students' demands for civic nomination, making it difficult to see how the Hong Kong government can offer anything substantive at the bargaining table, the BBC's Celia Hatton in Hong Kong reports.

Firstly, all directly and indirectly identifying information is effectively separated from the medical or other substantive details at the earliest opportunity – that is, at the source of the notification.

Actors and beauty queens take on causes that make them seem more substantive, docents at museums get to attend openings, sensitive men at pro-choice marches get dates with liberated women.

He said the material was spoken of within the department at the time, but it was "not a very substantive thing at all".

But with no agreement yet reached, the Senate remained at a virtual standstill throughout the day, and performed no substantive business at the special session called by Gov. David A. Paterson.

The substantive conversations at the conference turned on two premises.