Sentence examples for substantive speech from inspiring English sources

He added: "His was a substantive speech, as far as I was concerned.

At the United Nations, Francis gave a fairly substantive speech and hit other notes on his agenda.

In her most substantive speech to date, Cooper said on Monday there should be no "no-go areas" for Labour and criticised the "narrow strategy" under Ed Miliband.

Mr. Galston said Mr. Obama could improve his standing with Catholics by, like Mr. Clinton in 1992, conferring with a group of Catholic leaders and then giving a substantive speech at Notre Dame or another Catholic institution.

"He needs to give a very substantive speech, and he needs to just talk about what he's going to do as president and not even mention the last eight years," Mr. Rafshoon offered.

Take that, UN-hating Ron Paul supporters! 1.40pm "Now is the time to join together through constant co-operation... and a global commitment to progress... .. Look, this was never going to be the world's most substantive speech: Obama needs to get cheers from his Berlin audience while avoiding looking like some suspicious Euro-lover back home.

He wanted Biden to give more substantive speeches, like the old SALT II lecture.

In fact, he sometimes spends more time in that kind of chitchat than in delivering substantive speeches.

Another fumes that "it's just so frustrating that he gives these substantive speeches and it's like a tree falling in the forest".

For Mr. Obama, this might argue for replacing some of the rallies and rhetoric with more substantive speeches and interactive town-hall-style meetings.

"It is one of the most substantive speeches I've ever read by a Chinese leader," says Robert Lawrence Kuhn, who just published a book about China's economic reforms.