Sentence examples for substantive on the from inspiring English sources
Kerry's long speech, which Kurtzer called "the most substantive" on the subject ever given by an American at the highest level, is worth reading for its clarity, fairness, context, and reasonable sense of foreboding.
The media hosts of the fourth Republican presidential debate, Fox Business and the Wall Street Journal, promised that it would be the most substantive on the issues that Americans cared about.
They had a richly flavored, crisp-but-giving exterior (attribute that to the animal fat and frying to order) and were fluffy but substantive on the inside (thanks to the Bintje varietal and the Belgian fry sweet spot between shoestring and steak varieties).
On 7 April 1941, the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion embarked aboard HMT Queen Mary at Sydney, bound for the Middle East; Peeler's rank of staff sergeant was confirmed as substantive on the same day.
The first surprise was that the judge in the matter, Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr., decided to turn the scheduling hearing into a more substantive one on the merits.
But the substantive position remains unchanged - substantive negotiations on the issues await Iranian suspension of uranium enrichment.
There was virtually no discussion of the substantive issues on the campaign trail.
Mr. Sumwalt's remarks were the investigators' first substantive comments on the crash.
Most nominees never even testified before Congress, much less discussed their substantive views on the law.
And that intimacy has had, I think, a substantive effect on the peace process and how it's being conducted.
They made contact with Slovak resistance forces and produced a substantive report on the extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
