Sentence examples for substantive discussion about from inspiring English sources

The former president did not engage in a substantive discussion about North Korea's nuclear program.

I don't think there was ever a substantive discussion about anything in cabinet.

She says the cabinet never had a substantive discussion about what its policy in relation to Iraq was meant to achieve.

In New York, after the Staunton case, a consortium of 55 hospitals in the Greater New York Hospital Association began "serious, substantive discussion about pediatric screening" for sepsis, said Brian Conway, a spokesman for the association.

Even as a wider ideological battle rages over whether to use Title II, a more substantive discussion about which parts of Title II would or wouldn't apply is taking place.

And so the evaluation of the ideas quickly turns into a review of how good the numbers look, as opposed to being a substantive discussion about things that are not known.

I like to have substantive discussions about tax policy.

As the Gonzalez discussions unfolded, the Yankees had more substantive discussions about Sosa.

What is needed instead are substantive discussions about the long-run competitive position of the company.

Alderson said the club did have "extensive and substantive" discussions about potential trades, but deemed it more worthwhile to remain as competitive as possible through season's end.

"The substantive discussions about governance and finances and management did not take place because the scheduling had to take place first," Mr. Harth said.