Sentence examples for substantive military from inspiring English sources

It is only when their existence is confirmed that the UN will have to decide whether to take substantive military action.

He disagreed with only one sentence: 'It is only when [the existence of WMD] is confirmed that the UN will have to decide whether to take substantive military action.' At that point, he said, it would be too late.

Despite his talks with Saudi Arabia's hawkish leadership last week, there continues to be no appetite in Washington for substantive western military involvement on the ground.

The report also indicates that the increased presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan may have prompted the Taliban to resort to its more dangerous tactics, writing that "the shift in the Taliban's greater use of murder and intimidation tactics reflects an insurgency under the pressure of a more substantive coalition military campaign".

The only apparent exceptions last night to the rule of substantive orthodoxy were military spending, abortion, and gays.

The aim of the talks, which were described by government officials as low-level and preliminary, was to make arrangements for substantive high-level military discussions.

It is true parliament did have a vote on a substantive motion about military conflict in Iraq, but this was given to the House of Commons, as an act of generosity by the government for which we almost had to be grateful at the time.

ANOTHER difference, more substantive, involves attitudes toward military conscription.

A sixty-six-year-old career soldier who has no substantive experience outside the military cannot possibly bring an impartial perspective to leadership at the Pentagon.

Zalmay Khalilzad, the American ambassador, warned that the Myanmar authorities should not use the process of talks and invitations to Mr. Gambari as a substitute for substantive progress on ending military repression and moving the country toward democracy.

Chilcot records that there was also "no substantive discussion of the military options, despite promises by Mr Blair, before the [cabinet] meeting on 17 March – three days before the invasion.