Sentences with phrase «doing anything substantial»

No, it was more like a symbolic nibbling away of a bunch of smaller programs, done mostly for show so the GOP could prove to its anti-spending base that it cleaned house without actually doing anything substantial (or too unpopular) to gut government programs.

We elect Congress and they aren't doing anything substantial to make a serious change.

Before «Breaking Bad» I wasn't really doing anything substantial.

I don't trust FFP to do anything substantial at all.

Festive season preparations dominate any spare time in the lead up to family and social celebrations leaving little time to do anything substantial about changing your single status.

To do anything substantial and innovative enough to make a difference, booksellers will need their trade organizations to take a much more proactive approach.

My one complaint is that WipEout 2048 doesn't really do a good job of using the Vita's cool features to do anything substantial.

Of course, in a country with an overbearing government, those kinds of market and cooperative governance may be driven out so only Leviathan is left to do anything substantial.

Couples often feel stuck spiritually, unhappy because their needs are not being met, but also unable to do anything substantial to change that reality.

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There is such a depth to the vitrol that goes back and forth between republicans and democrats that it just doesn't seem possible the two sides will ever agree on anything substantial.

But probably doesn't change anything substantial, since many don't believe God (if existing) would be anything but benevolent, so we are all saved whether we believe or not.

Arsenal do not need sterling and certainly do not need to give up anything substantial for him.

Is there anything your parents did for you that many parents don't do that had a substantial impact on you?

«Nobody had done rapid - response drilling in the ocean, nobody had drilled anything substantial under 7 kilometers of water, nobody had placed an observatory in a fault that deep, and nobody had retrieved a string of instruments from that deep,» she said.

The Italian actor - turned - director fails to draw anything substantial out of his stars Penelope Cruz (who he worked with on his previous film, Don't Move, another adaptation of a Mazzantini novel) and Emile Hirsch, though the unbelievably phony dialog would stumble up even the best of thesps.

Any attempt at anything more substantial than broad comedy fizzles — Darryl's romance with Janice (Tamara Taylor), a young woman who yearns for a man who is true to himself, does not generate sparks of any kind.

Even though this musical was of another era and does not add anything substantial to the genre of musical theatre, it was a genuinely enjoyable romp though Gershwin's back catalogue.

Try though the film did to give each of the characters individual ways in which they were «broken,» and give Lena some meager backstory flashbacks, none of it really amounted to anything substantial.

I don't expect anything substantial there.

I would have liked to see some involving puzzles or anything substantial to break up the monotony but the only parts of the campaign that do are the boss fights.

TIME.com — Teacher effectiveness matters more to student learning than anything else schools do, and there are substantial differences between teachers.

Basically anything that fits down the spark plug hole and will be substantial enough to be removable without fear of breaking (e.g. maybe don't use dental floss).

Forced induction is largely responsible for the substantial increase in peak torque (295 lb ft versus just 143 lb ft in this Type R's predecessor), although it doesn't arrive with anything like the smooth swell of a comparable Ford or Volkswagen unit.

The video does show a few quick glimpses of the new vehicle — highlighting features like the grille, badges, and even portions of the interior, but it's hard to make out anything substantial.

I will never purchase anything from them again, I will especially never buy a Kindle, and I will use reasonable means (including my substantial blogging and social media presence) to discourage my friends, family and fans from doing any business with Amazon.

Publishers will do almost anything to protect their hardcover market, and ebooks are the first substantial threat to hardcovers since MMPBs.

I would literally be unable to save anything substantial if I was to do that, which would keep us there / without money forever (or at least until we make a significant amount of more money) which totally seems like forever...

They do very little for gut flora or offering anything resembling substantial probiotics.

I didn't really want to follow his instructions, but, in fact, I had a hard time eating anything more substantial.

This is exacerbated by the fact that there is no physical version of Batman: Arkham Knight on PC, meaning players that purchased from a brick and mortar store don't actually have anything substantial to return.

Honestly, this doesn't add anything substantial to the story or experience.

AR4 did in no way «essentially retract» much of what said in TAR — for anything substantial concerning the nature of late 20th C warmth the conclusions both in the NAS report and the AR4 report strengthened the TAR conclusions (see the statements above).

The issue of tropospheric temperature trends is very difficult and has received a great deal of attention by researchers and also assessment reports; the problems are much worse for humidity and few people have even attempted to do anything with tropospheric humidity trends owing to inaccuracies in the radiosonde humidity measurements and substantial uncertainties in the satellite retrievals.

I concluded that this description probably did not mean anything substantial, and was little more than an indication that the Court considered the statute or right in question as very important.

Shauna Mireau asks, «Does it say anything about access to justice in Canada that civil claim monetary limits for our small claims courts are generally quite substantial sums?».

Does it say anything about access to justice in Canada that civil claim monetary limits for our small claims courts are generally quite substantial sums?

There's also a possibility that the US Attorney could ask for a reduction under Rule 5K or Rule 35 for some sort of substantial assistance, but I wouldn't hold my breath that Scooter's now going to help, and I wouldn't imagine that Fitzgerald is going to do anything unless Scooter can give up the secret information tying W to Saddaam in a gay sex - for - drugs scheme that took place in Rumsfeld's den.

Because you could be able to receive substantial compensation, the insurance companies will likely do anything possible to limit their losses.

You don't want to obviously disclose anything substantial about their case, but even just a little video that says, «Hey, Sam.

The specs are more than suitable for Adobe Premier, Photoshop, and the like, but you should never expect to do anything other than light gaming on this thing, or at least not without substantial compromises in your game's visual settings.

I haven't yet done it but I assume if I go in to ask for a business line of credit that my credit score is too low to get a good rate, i don't make enough (just left my 9 - 5 job), and I don't have enough assets to qualify for anything substantial.