Sentence examples for substantive ideas from inspiring English sources

They have little in the way of substantive ideas except for vengeful anger, and nationalist delusions.

Usually, the librettist produces the substantive ideas that inspire the composition, including the dramatic structure, characters and scenario of the opera.

"He has brought a lot of creative and substantive ideas to the table, and I'm eagerly waiting to see them come to fruition," he said.

The challenge for Democrats is to show (not tell) Americans that they have a coherent and cohesive set of substantive ideas (policies).

"It's very hard to develop substantive ideas to distinguish yourself in the crowd with the rush of early primaries and all these debates," Mr. Segal said.

It is entirely clear that the single best way to increase students' engagement with theiracademic work, to connect students with other students around substantive ideas rather than simply socializing, and to raise the graduation rate is to study in groups.

As Carpenter notes, he "articulated the substantive idea that sexual intimacy among gay Americans was a good thing, not merely a tolerable thing".

So a substantive idea – to try to open up internships to students from all backgrounds – was overshadowed this week when Labour pointed out the deputy prime minister once benefited from work experience at a Finnish bank organised by his father.

This is, in a different setting, also defended by Thomasson, who in her characterization of what she in general calls an artifactual kind says that such a kind is defined by the designer's intention to make something of that kind, by a substantive idea that the designer has of how this can be achieved, and by his or her largely successful achievement of it (Thomasson 2003, 2007).

When deciding which direction to take on Tears in the Rain, Harvey and his writing partner Evan James Dembskey opted to focus on a singular, substantive idea and build a story around it, rather than churn out an flashy, action-packed Blade Runner spinoff.

"We have been waiting since Bloomberg's inauguration for substantive policy ideas about where he wants to take the school system.