Sentence examples for were too substantial from inspiring English sources

"The penalties were too substantial," the school's lawyer, Evan R. Shirley, said, specifically citing the requirement that every ad disclose its unaccredited status.

But [the book's heroine] Roberta herself is too substantial to be a caricature.

Wilson was tempted to sack him, but by now Healey was too substantial a figure.

Yet, despite his flameout over the prostitution scandal, Morris's success was too substantial to be so easily dismissed.

These tomatoes are a prime example of what I call Little Incidentals, quick accompaniments which are too substantial to be called garnishes but too small to be called side dishes.

Although some people are just daring — or too confident to credit their competition's skill in getting this far — most players would consider their share to be too substantial and enticing to risk on some — dare they say it?

Rather, he soured on me, calling my work "shoddy," saying I was "a fanatic who radiates hostility," and judging me to be too "substantial" to be knocked out by a mere slim book — doing so would require "nothing less than a Talmudic tractate".

That may change later, but for now Amazon's league is too substantial to expect anything else.

This scenario can also play out in facilities such as manufacturing plants, Corero says, "where the ability to suspend operations of high value could prompt a payment if the loss of productivity is too substantial".

Democrats initially said Maldonado's call for "open" primaries was too substantial to be pushed through in a budget deal.

I believe that the obstacles facing female leadership in the workplace are too substantial for individual women to overcome alone.