Sentence examples for substantive was from inspiring English sources

Nothing substantive was discussed, the advisers said.

But after three high-level meetings led by Ms. Ashton and Mr. Jalili — in Istanbul in April, Baghdad last month and now Moscow Iranan experts said the inability of the negotiators to come up with something substantive was a setback.

A vote on whether a matter is procedural or substantive is itself a substantive question.

Making Sino-American military-to-military exchanges more meaningful and substantive is one.

This interpretation is far too generous to Boehner, whose failures, political and substantive, were due mostly to cowardice.

But it can't bring anything substantive back, because anything substantive is subject to the rigors of deconstruction all over again.

Rather more substantive are candidates Finland and Sweden.

And nothing substantive is likely to happen till the US modifies its one-sided Middle East policy.

After my initial elation, I decided to dig deeper and check if anything substantive is being accomplished at these events.

"He liked how substantive Frank Pallone was.

For starters, not all substantive news was of public interest.