Sentences with phrase «not much substance»

Other than using hearsay and anecdotal evidence and selective opinions, there's not much substance to her entire article's body, including the last paragraph of pure speculations:

To achieve consensus, the text of the SPM was made vaguer in many places, and its content diluted to the extent that in some places not much substance remained.»

So much whining, not much substance...

It's a game with a lot of potential, but not much substance in that.

The trailer, which seemed filled with symbolism but not much substance, was definitely one of the most distinct trailers shown.

While the PC - exclusive title will challenge even the best top - down - shooter veterans, there's not much substance to be found outside of the already questionable themes at hand.

The concept is lackluster and the gameplay uninspiring, and while it works, there's really not much substance to be found here.

There is not much substance to this post.

Any way you slice it, the 370Z faces stiff competition, and while its base price looks enticing, there's not much substance in what's new for 2018.

If there's not much substance to Doctor Strange's standard redemption narrative, though, there's much to be said for its surface.

Although it's impossible to escape the feeling that there's not much substance here beyond a moving exploration of grief...

Congressman Brian Higgins, Buffalo, and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Rochester, believed there were plenty of of them but not much substance in Trump's address.

Too long winded and not much substance except more threats against John Flanagan.

There were claims of the Poland international's potential move to the Bridge, though there was not much substance in them so far and Chelsea were not able to confirm a deal prior to today.

This looks so good... I rarely eat pasta because quite frankly I am not a big fan, usually it is filled with noodles and not much substance.

With wooden characters and a plot that centres solely around the fact that a woman is unsure if she should be trusting this man, there really isn't much substance to be had.

I'd like to draw my own (mostly negative) conclusions from these words, but there isn't much substance here.

Not exact matches

Not all hotels have the cancer warnings — much of the danger the state is worried about in hotels comes from toxins in substances like secondhand smoke or alcohol.

You can't say this story line had much substance: Not only were the investment managers different, but so were the amounts.

I believe that the re-orientation of British politics under Corbyn and in particular of the Labour Party is highly beneficial, not only to the large strata within British society that have been discarded in the last 20 to 30 years, but interestingly also for British business that produces real stuff as opposed to the City of London and various other service sectors that produce precarious jobs and nothing much of substance.

But from the vantage point of Thiel's philosopher - capitalist persona, there isn't much of substance in Trumpism to praise: His political agenda is mostly a posture, an attitude of defiance.

But while we publish much more detailed analysis, the substance of the core issues has not changed substantially.

Nonetheless, we would not read too much more into the Fed tightening, and, while awaiting more substance on policy initiatives, we remain cautious about predictions that the US economy will soon break out of the pattern of modest growth seen in recent years.

They meant his creativity in sourcing pre-crisis loans and then selling them based on unconventional appraisal methodologies; the loans went bad, the investors are suing Credit Suisse, and I don't really know or care that much about the substance but it is always harder to argue about the good faith of your loans when you have e-mails from your own bankers calling them naughty words.

The other candidates either tried to co-opt the tone though not the substance of Paul's Fed bashing (Gingrich and Perry did this) or just stayed out of Paul's way as much as possible on the issue without affirming Paul's critique (Romney.)

It does nt explain his origins, substance, or much more, other than his character, motive and goal, asside from moral laws, codes of conduct, right from wrong, and how to manage life, all while believing in him.

But I don't think there's much hope for a change of substance — too much of it comes from the Bible — the greatest atheist conversion tool ever created is reading the whole Bible.

But precisely because we are not self - contained ready - made entities which can be conceived equally well as being near to you or remote from you; precisely because in us the self - subsistent individual who is united to you grows only insofar as the union itself grows, that union whereby we are given more and more completely to you: I beg you, Lord, in the name of all that is most vital in my being, to hearken to the desire of this thing that I dare to call my soul even though I realize more and more every day how much greater it is than myself, and, to slake my thirst for life, draw me — through the successive zones of your deepest substance — into the secret recesses of your inmost heart.

But I am not so sure he changes much of substance.

Anyway, your point leads to the speculation that the difference between the physical body and the spiritual body is not so much of substance as of degree.

People spend way too much effort throwing around labels and pretending to be offended by them, and not nearly enough time discussing substance, like whether the poor people of the world would be better off or worse off under a collectivist system.

Surely what's not at stake is the enjoyment and delight in the «light and ephemeral» joys that form so much of the substance of human relationships.

To recall, my criticisms were based not so much on the substance of Dr. Podles» psychological or anthropological research but on the use of that research for the rest of his argument.

Again, according to his theory of causality that establishes that a substance has at least as much reality as its effect, his idea of God can not be more perfect than God, who, as the cause, must surely exist.

We know there is no quick fix to addictions because the problem is not so much with the substances taken but the reasons people turn to them.»

I mean his scientific books and papers that has brought him so much recognition means nothing to the villager because he does not have the substance to relate the the wonderful works of Hawkins.In the same token, the wonderful works and word of God will remain a myth to all those who lack the substance of faith.

In those churches that do promote it, many of the members who have been affected by some substance abuse are not able to understand the one - shot message, much less discern how to help themselves.

For, we understand the divine mystery not so much as a substance as relationship.

It is my view, however, that abandoning the discussion of what a substance is and of whether there is anything that fits this requirement has not removed substance thinking from a dominant role in academia as well as in much of our society.

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.

«God came down and became flesh» was like the introductory sentence of the substance that followed... the fact that you would pinpoint such a small sliver of my point, and ignore the rest... reflects that you do not have much substance to your argument.

You love to put down answers with substance but don't offer much of your own.

Much more so then, will a substance be able to change only accidentally; i.e., while it remains in being it will only be able to acquire new accidental forms, not new substantial forms.

At least I assume he does, though it is true that he does not talk that much about substance as that which exists in itself, preferring to focus on it as that which is one, and which is a center of action.

Without the bananas you'd lose much of the texture and substance, wouldn't be much left.

Coconut sugar gives these brownies much of their substance and texture, so don't be tempted to use a liquid sweetener or sugar substitute without expecting significantly different results.

«We don't just look at total soil organic carbon, but also the components of soil that have stable pools of carbon — humic substances, which gives us a much more accurate and precise view of the stable, long - term storage of carbon in the soils.»

And don't let the addition of the cauliflower scare you — it is very neutral in flavor and adds so much nutritional fiber and substance to this chowder.

boxing fans know that this is a mere spectacle with no boxing substance and if Mayweather can't break the bank with Berto, how much interest will an 0 - 0 boxer generate with casual and hardcore boxing fans?

We are enamored with form, not so much substance, thus our programs reflect fan - base and administration.