Sentence examples for substantive step from inspiring English sources

His most substantive step in that direction was his campaign to rework First Boston's bloated compensation structure.

Introduction of the House budget will be the first substantive step toward any bipartisan legislative deal on the deficit, but the path forward is narrow and steep.

But more than taking back some lame jokes, it would be a substantive step toward making "The Daily Show" embody its own values.

The action was Obama's first substantive step to address a political uproar stemming from the IRS's disclosure that it had targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.

A more substantive step could be to enshrine in the new government's guidelines something about supporting a two-state solution under specific conditions, but that might be difficult to get by the Jewish Home.

On Monday, the National Institutes of Health released a fifty-eight-page report on the future of neuroscience — the first substantive step in developing President Obama's BRAIN Initiative, which seeks to "revolutionize our understanding of the human mind and uncover new ways to treat, prevent, and cure brain disorders like Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, autism, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury".

He said the council had taken political and substantive steps against its own planning officers' advice.

Opponents call the reforms window dressing anyway, since substantive steps for moving toward democracy have not been addressed.

"We expect substantive steps from the Indian side now to proceed further," General Musharraf said during a visit to the United Arab Emirates.

Those moves have brought criticism from bond analysts who have been urging the state to take substantive steps to cut spending.

The pressure on Israel from Obama, and on Obama from the Arab countries, to end perceived double standards and take substantive steps to advance counter-proliferation goals is likely to increase.