Sentence examples for substantive debates from inspiring English sources

Mutual respect is in short supply, and grandstanding distracts from substantive debates.

This is a perilous game all round: all too often, referendums on EU institutions have not been substantive debates but mere popularity polls on national governments.

The conference also included substantive debates on several key reform proposals: changes to the obviousness standard, proposals for opposition and post-grant review, and changes to litigation rules.

The paper thereby contributes to both substantive debates on the Muslim experience in Europe and methodological debates on how to measure discrimination.

In the United States, of course, skepticism and mistrust of Washington already seem rampant, ranging from fringe conspiracies regarding Sept. 11 or President Obama's birthplace to substantive debates on foreign and domestic policy.

The decision of the the blog posts' authors to not engage with the substantive debates of their colleagues, as if the colleagues were unaware of the difficult issues that they raise, appears as disingenuous.

"This country avoids substantive debate," he said.

But the substantive debate among them has been limited.

"You're caught in a big substantive debate," he said.

This substantive debate spoke well of each candidate.

Beneath this rhetoric, however, lies a political anomaly: a substantive debate.