Sentence examples for substantive government from inspiring English sources

"Fast Eddie DeMarcoo, a Wall Street holdover from the Bush years who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is doing everything in his power to make sure there is no substantive government relief for the millions of underwater mortgage holders.

Nearly the only substantive thing governments agreed in Rio was to develop "Sustainable Development Goals" to replace the Millennium Development Goals due to expire in 2015.

The only substantive measure her government has adopted is a rise in the retirement age.

Any substantive movement on government funding legislation seemed unlikely until at least Wednesday, when House lawmakers return to Washington.

"We are focusing on trivial issues — issues that have a sensational element — instead of the substantive issues of government," he said at a recent news conference.

Palin quit her only substantive job in government and has not hired establishment players to reshape her as a more mainstream candidate; even less Presidentially, she is going to be the star of a reality television show.

It's a rare high school freshman who becomes an important part of the machine, and it's the rare freshman lawmaker who makes a substantive mark on government.

This paper offers an alternative perspective: Judicially-imposed explanation requirements can help reviewing courts overcome their informational disadvantage for reasons that are independent of their ability to assess the substantive content of government explanations.

She calls for a substantive debate in government time.

Virtually everything substantive about the government's reaction to the Urumqi protests is a replay of Tibet, only now at broadband speed.

There also was no substantive change in government procurement rules, despite the U.S. bid to rewrite "Buy American" rules.