Sentence examples for substantive movement from inspiring English sources

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

The leaders of "moderate" pro-western states such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan have told the US they cannot undertake the confidence-building measures it seeks until there is substantive movement on the Israeli side.

On this there has been no substantive movement.

While some are convinced that this gathering is little more than a vehicle of green-washed lip service, I see many compelling reasons to be optimistic about our prospects for substantive movement on these issues in early 2010.

Despite lively and constructive dialogues, and considerable shifting in opinion at the individual level, at the end of the day, there was no substantive aggregate movement in opinion.

To present the Neo-Classical Stravinsky at his most inventive, Ms. Cuckson and Mr. Beck next played the substantive five-movement Duo Concertant from 1932.

It is not known to make any substantive daily movements and, as such, is a sedate resident within a restricted range of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and some of the Lesser Antilles.

In the excitement surrounding America's nuclear treaty with Iran, though it's certainly a good step forward, my hope is that a broader "teachable moment" will emerge to catalyze a substantive world peace movement and the consignment of these horrific nuclear weapons (which never should've been invented in the first place) to the dustbin of history.

But an organized movement demanding substantive change is growing.

The Clinton presidency produced substantive benefits for the movement.

The extensive amount of research literature available on the subject (mostly on AM) indicates that mycorrhizae often have a substantive impact on water movement into, through and out of host plants, with consequent effects on plant tissue hydration and leaf physiology.