Sentence examples for there were substantive from inspiring English sources

I do not think there were substantive issues that resonated loudly.

Reacting to the abrupt resignation of the city's acting buildings commissioner, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said yesterday that there were "substantive problems" with the Buildings Department and that the commissioner had made "the right decision".

There were substantive discussions on Sunday between the Knicks' president, Donnie Walsh; Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey; and McGrady's agent, Arn Tellem, according to the people, who did not want to be identified discussing the negotiations.

In particular, it was asked explicitly whether there were substantive differences between the IPCC's scientific reports (lengthy tomes detailing the state of climate science) and the summary for policymakers (which suggests that there is enough scientific evidence to warrant action now).

Upon passage of this bill through committee, Senate Judiciary Republicans strongly stated that there were substantive issues in this legislation that had to be addressed before it moved forward.

There were substantive changes over calendar time in the criteria for statin initiation.

There are substantive issues.

There are substantive problems with both arguments.

The third round table in 1989 was much more relaxed and there was substantive discussion.

QUESTION FROM MARK: why are you allowing such ad hominem comments when there are substantive issues trump has raised?

There was substantive discussion of issues, on foreign policy, the supreme court, the US budget deficit and abortion.