Sentence examples for substantive contacts from inspiring English sources

Another official said, "We hoped it would prompt some discussion with them," because so far there had been no substantive contacts.

As for Mr. Maazel, Mr. Mehta said the orchestra's last substantive contacts with him came in November when he was in New York conducting the Philharmonic.

This is going to be considered first substantive contact.

Harrison J. Goldin, a Democrat who served as city comptroller from 1974 to 1989, said that as a general rule, when a contractor assigns an employee to a city job, the employee should not have any "substantive contact" with company managers about efforts to obtain other city business.

But officials say there has been no substantive contact with Mr Putin at all because of the tensions.

Even as a local assemblyman, he said, he has scant substantive contact with U.S. military officials.

They are deprived of substantive contact with their kin for years -- often until the very moments preceding death.

Trump exhibits the casual prejudices of a wealthy, privileged man who has been insulated from substantive contact with those outside his elite social and business circles, but he is no hater, let alone a murderous bigot.

While at a location, participants were asked to describe every substantive contact episode: those involving a two-way or small group conversational exchange of at least 3 words, or any skin-to-skin contact.

Mr. Pickering and other Iran experts favor a series of confidence-building steps, which could open the door to more substantive direct contacts.

Iran vowed to cooperate "fully" with UN inspectors; U.S. and Iranian negotiators met face-to-face in one of the most substantive bilateral contacts (Guardian) in decades; and more talks are already planned.