Sentences with phrase «of little substance»

Like most small, inbred communities, Silicon Valley encourages and thrives on gossip, even when it's of little substance.

All this plays more like a mishmash of little substance.

While it can offer an additional opportunity for people to raise their concerns and highlight issues emerging during the course of a Parliament, the risk is that it, instead, becomes a focus for populist campaigns of little substance or merit.

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.

Little of substance will get done, as partisans fight and governments change.

Indeed, little of substance about our vast, interconnected, highly leveraged, nontransparent, global financial system has changed since the crisis (see «Are We Ready for the Next Meltdown?

The G20 leaders did little of substance at their latest summit, but they did release a «Blueprint on Innovative Growth» and a «New Industrial Revolution Action Plan.»

The NAFTA talks are going slowly and the Mexico City round — the seventh of eight planned sets of — negotiations produced little of substance.

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

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.

It was purely a political document, with little else of substance.

«In the long run, management stressing accounting appearance over economic substance usually achieve little of either» Warren Buffett

He said there was «little of policy substance» about which he disagreed, «but the tonalities of «Thus saith the Lord» are disquieting.»

Evangelicalism as currently constructed should be dismantled, as there is little of theological substance that holds it together.

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.

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.

It seems obvious upon a little reflection that there is a strong relationship between classical metaphysics of substance and being and traditional images of personhood.

There is little of art in his vision of good cooking; except for his just complaints about adulteration of food with harmful substances, he often sounds simply like an old grump complaining about the menu.

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.

Theists may be entering a time of great opportunity for affirming that understanding of reality, because the modernist idol's substance is dissolving a little more every day.

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

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.

When moral rules and selves are abstracted from the normative traditions that give them substance and the social contexts that makes them concrete, «values» become little more than sentiments, moral judgments, expressions of individual preference.

But little by little the Christian, religious substance of his message and preaching was weakened, and in time his movement became a revolt pure and simple, full of hatred and a passion for looting.

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.

Lot of symbolism, but no or little substance with the Religious far right.

With this affirmation, the substance of whole libraries of Protestant preaching, evangelism, apologetics and Christian education seems a little thin.

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.

* 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.

«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.

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.

I am not in love with the board nor overly enamoured with some of Wenger's dealings / decisions but I still find myself disagreeing with nearly everything you say — and if it is not the content of what you say then it will be the manner in which you say it which will leave people non-plussed — all fire and brimstone with little substance or logic.

Wenger is the master of saying a lot of words but little substance.

Later, while not denying that, like most of his contemporaries, he had smoked a little pot now and then, he declared that what angered him most was the way the four cops had gone straight upstairs, returning instantly with the «substance.»

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.

«Some will have a little bit of substance, some won't.

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

Spanking: Parenthood's Dirty Little (and Common) Secret This week a study was released saying when children are disciplined using harsh physical punishment like spanking, they are at higher risk of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and other mental health problems - even if they aren't otherwise abused or maltreated.

The cover is made of an organic cotton and wool blend that is also free from any chemical additives and is excellent for anyone who might be concerned about irritants or harsh substances coming into contact with their little ones.

They were overwhelmed by keeping up with the substances coming out of both ends of the little lad.

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

Regardless of how little or how much of the substance remains on your baby's skin after birth, consider keeping the vernix caseosa on your newborn's skin for as long as possible.

When it comes to your baby, you don't want to expose your little one to any unnecessary harsh chemicals or potentially dangerous toxic substances that may be present in some types of fabrics and materials.

There you are cradling your beautiful little bundle of joy looking down at the soft, smooth skin on the scalp and you see some dry, flaky skin or a greasy - looking substance covering a patch of skin.