Sentence examples for substantive failures from inspiring English sources

Among the ones he lists are two P.R. disasters (the "Mission Accomplished" banner, and his challenge to insurgents to "bring 'em on"), and two substantive failures: the lack of sufficient troops to impose security at the start, and the "intelligence failure on Iraq's WMD".

Their substantive failures in those finance positions did not matter.

"European energy policy has been a substantive failure," says Mr Helm.The Commission says it had to agree on a compromise.

Should the Supreme Court chuck Obamacare, health policy will be back to Square 1, and Obama's presidency will be instantly transformed from a substantive success to a substantive failure.

But it's really been a rhetorical and in some ways a substantive failure".

Under these circumstances investors have continued to support national funding requirements and there have been no substantive bank failures.

The only alternative I can discern is no bill at all — a political, substantive, and humanitarian failure that would reverberate for a generation.

You are now at Amazon's mercy and have the choice of two routes to take: Never buy/sell on their platform again, or explain your failures, make substantive changes to your operation, and then explain how your changes will make the customers' experience better.