Sentences with phrase «little substance to it»

But while you've invoked both smoke and mirrors, there's remarkably little substance to your concerns.

There is more than a little substance to that criticism for the simple or relatively direct methodology referred to by «rgb.»

In short, Obama is a global warming «believer» but has provided little substance to back his conviction and seldom talks about it.

Mass Effect Andromeda also made us have high expectations and gave us little substance to work with.

Why plain boiled chicken: Boiled chicken, with no salt or anything added, can add a little substance to your dog's diet if they are ready for it.

If you think that just because I honestly think that there is little substance to the «October strategy», I'm being close - minded, so be it.

Work on adding a little substance to her style.

It used to be a nominally clever social satire but there's very little substance to the show anymore, unless you count the rampant nudity, sex, reckless parenting and copious amounts of drug use.

It was like the Farrelly brothers wanted to add a little substance to an otherwise, run of the mill R - rated comedy, but decided to throw in everything they could think of instead of sticking it out and making that one comedy as strong as it could possibly be.

Besides the entirely too short story that adds very little substance to the Star Wars universe, the progression system is so infuriatingly bad that I found it hard to continue.

The majority of the film was trying to show off how creative it was, but with little substance to prove its point.

It's great too see the movie's characters like Mumble and Gloria but the Wii controls are used in a gimmicky way that adds very little substance to a game that could have been really fun.

People think that due to their busy schedules, dangerous careers, and the mindset a law enforcement officer must have at all times, dating for them is totally out of the question, but this is all myth with very little substance to support it.

Tongue rolling and lips fumbling narrative on corruption with very little substance to it.

I would have to say, taking into account the number of injuries you could have worked on personally and the likelyhood of them being Atheists and the likelyhood of you knowing this ahead of time that the person was an ACTUAL Atheist or God Hater (have not met one of them) I sort of think you are embellishing just a bit get your some point across that has little substance to begin with.

While this isn't one of those uber - light and thin jackets — there is a little substance to it.

Not exact matches

But was it Russia's fault that so many leading media outlets paid so much attention to leaked Clinton emails that contained little of substance?

Come on, there have to be some basic behavioral ground rules and a little more substance to the culture of the tech and entrepreneurial community than the celebration of cash, cars, and creepy, chauvinistic CEOs chugging Cristal.

Standing in front of business and government leaders from around the world at what is being coined the «Asian Davos,» President Xi Jinping delivered China to the world stage but left little substance last night.

Instead, synthetic gold, sourced in pyramids of credit extended to bullion bankers by central banks with little or no claim on physical substance, have provided a more efficient, better - camouflaged form of intervention.

The news must have been bad indeed, and the substance extremely unfavourable to The Harper Regime, otherwise The Little Dictator would have been trumpeting it to the world.

Experience, however, soon showed in what way they were to become the most dangerous; that the insufficiency of the means provided for their removal gave them a freehold and irresponsibility in office; that their decisions, seeming to concern individual suitors only, pass silent and unheeded by the public at large; that these decisions, nevertheless, become law by precedent, sapping, by little and little, the foundations of the consti.tution, and working its change by construction, before any one has perceived that that invisible and helpless worm has been busily employed in consuming its substance.

The common complaint against him is that the greatness of his style eclipsed the thinness of his substance, and Adam Begley's new biography, full of insightful and sympathetic detail, does little to dim such prejudices.

So bountiful hath been the earth and so securely have we drawn from it our substance, that we have taken it all for granted as if it were only a gift, and with little care or conscious thought of the consequences of our [ab] use of it; nor have we very much considered the essential relation that we bear to it as living parts in the vast creation.159

Last week I wrote a post for the CNN Belief Blog about millennials and the Church focusing on how church leaders hoping to win twenty - somethings over with coffee shops and concerts may want to go a little deeper and consider substance over style.

And Peter said to him: «I see thee not the same that thou wast a little while ago, for thou saidst that thou wast ready to spend all thy substance to save thy soul.

But, nowadays, there is little real confessional substance left in parish or denominational life, certainly not enough to have kept me Lutheran.

The scandal that is John Corigliano's First (AIDS) Symphony continues to grip American orchestras, who vie for the chance to perform a Pulitzer Prize - winning work that reeks of anger but has little musical substance.

As thy substance is give alms of it, according to thine abundance; if thou have much, according to the abundance thereof, give alms; if thou have little bestow it, and be not afraid to give alms according to that little; for thou layest up a good treasure for thyself against the day of necessity; because alms delivereth from death, and suffereth not to come into darkness.

So yes, I do hop down your little bunny trails just for the amusement of squashing them now that I've conceded to the fact that you have nothing of substance to offer anyway.

Cindy July 12, 2010 9:42 am I do hop down your little bunny trails just for the amusement of squashing them now that I've conceded to the fact that you have nothing of substance to offer anyway.

If, in Paul Tillich's terms, Protestant principle has swallowed up Catholic substance in much of contemporary evangelicalism, this is because evangelicals have paid too little attention to the sum total of the Christian heritage handed down from previous ages.

So that's where my inspiration came for this salad... except I added a little more substance with some whole - wheat couscous and hollowed out some beefsteak tomatoes to serve as the «salad bowls.»

* I added a little more of the coconut cream which is the creamy substance that rises to the top of the can) to my rice to make it even more sticky.

However, to make it more filling, I added smoked sausage which kept the flavor of the vegetables while adding a little substance.

I love picnics and it seems to be the only thing we can do lately with the little babe;) I love that the dressing has capers, and that the potato salad has more substance with the kale and chickpeas.

These days, I prefer that my baked potatoes have a little more substance to them.

«Tonic» by definition is «a medicinal substance taken to give a feeling of vigor or well - being» I first formulated this drink when both myself and hubby were feeling a little under the weather one day.

Sometimes you just want your green smoothie to have a little more substance.

If you're looking for a little more substance to add to the meal, good old - fashioned mashed potatoes pair nicely.

However, before explaining how this nasty little substance is produced by your beloved Chile plants you first need to have a little chemistry lesson.

There was just a little bit of resistance, a bit of bite, just enough tease to tell you that there was something of delightful substance ready to reward your tastebuds.

Now that the two main actors had been chosen, I needed yet another key player that would add a little bit of substance to this play.

To be honest, the source was still pretty intoxicated on mostlikely several different types of substances when he was discussing the video but - no one can deny this - it obviously looks exactly a little bit like Johnny Manziel and Josh Gordon leaning out of a window.

These factors point to the deal having a little bit of substance.

It's not dyed or treated with harmful chemicals, so it's a great choice if you've got a baby who's a little bit sensitive to those substances.

The little Oogiebear stick is designed with a loop on one end and a scoop on the other to remove both sticky or dried substances.

Are these toxins on your list of potentially poisonous substances to keep out of your little one's reach?

Washing helps to remove any substances or dust which might end up irritating your little one's very delicate skin.

Easy to use child proof cabinet and drawer locks like the ones pictured above, help in keeping little hands away from cutlery or poisonous substances.