Sentences with phrase «over substance»

Dig deep, and we find there is a little bit of style over substance creeping in.

«In my opinion, it's a matter of form over substance,» he said.

Companies opted for flash over substance, forgetting that engagement is about the content.

And they will ask themselves why it is stacked, being entirely familiar in political contexts with the idea that stacking is a symptom of the triumph of spin over substance.

This focus on image over substance is the exact opposite of what teens need to become caring and contributing human beings.

Sometimes I get really impatient with style over substance films, but it sounds like this filmmaker really knows his stuff.

It's had its critics with many claiming style over substance as a major issue.

I've previously written about my concerns of courts letting procedure prevail over substance in personal injury cases — usually in favor of the defendant.

Form is being picked over substance; boards are being built to look good on paper.

I don't think it was style over substance at all.

The new fields in physics in different ways emphasize relations over substances.

Though there is a consensus among evangelicals that they should be involved in public affairs, there is much disagreement over the substance of that involvement.

This hometown / tribal / team bias and people's focus on marketing over substance is what leads to these types of reactions.

This video violated so many communications «best practices» that I could barely read the controversy over the substance.

When the Conservative party fell apart in the 1990s, its members at least divided over substance.

The society we've built that values superficial over substance is now complete.

Despite some entertaining moments, Now You See Me 2 is largely an exercise of style over substance when it's all said and done.

However, it values mood over substance in a bit too heavy a dose.

But again, let's consider the bones of the strategy over the substance of the film.

These comments reflect grave concern about an emphasis on time over substance, and about a product whose final content appears predetermined regardless of the science and the facts.

A number of economists have raised concerns over the substance of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Does he or she put an inappropriate emphasis on appearances over substance?

«Many of these assertions appear to elevate form over substance,» he said.

Flash over substance is more accurate, but I'm assuming that isn't a good box quote.

I really like the point being given here — the problem isn't style over substance.

This isn't a style over substance film by any means.

This is the only way to ensure that form does not prevail over substance.

Instead of the high - pressure, high - stress environment where she had to be on - hand to respond to everyday crises, Smith says that now she has much more control over the substance of her work, is able to think more about the long - term, and is allowed more time for her personal relationships.

Directed by Kari Skogland, «Men with Guns» is a prime example of style triumphing over substance in desperately thriving for an offbeat rhtythm in its depiction of underworld denizens while being overboard with the sometimes literally flowery dialogue.

«They are tired of political short - termism, electoral calculation, and the privileging of presentation over substance.

While all of the Democratic candidates have proposed reforms to the policy, frontrunners Christine Quinn, the City Council speaker: and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio sparred over the substance of how the controversial policy would change under their watch.

Bad... very very bad... boring waste of money to rent online... we hoped and hoped that at some point it would become at least entertaining... nope... just stupid and then more stupid... really disappointed that Ryan Gosling would appear in something this dense... Style over substance doesn't really tell the half of it: you can bathe a corpse in groovy light and dress it in an expensive suit, but in the end that rotting smell just won't go away.

The Mini Cooper S can be polarizing with its style over substance cabin and harsh, performance - oriented ride, but with a list of options longer than the car itself, it's easy to make the Cooper your own.

As the bullets continue to whiz around the room, and the ensemble suffers an alarming number of minor injuries, even the idea that this is style over substance goes out the window.

Clayton went on to condemn the promoters, attorneys and other related professionals who flout federal securities laws by putting the form of their offerings over the substance of what they really are: investments, stating, «We should regulate [ICOs] like we regulate securities offerings.

Ultimately, Congress chose not to vote on «Trumpcare,» due to Republican division over the substance of the widely unpopular bill.

To those most appalled by the prospect of a President Trump, it's an ugly manifestation of America's bigoted id, or the triumph of celebrity culture over substance, or a product of a broken information ecology in which acceptance of facts is optional.

He is all about show over substance and that is true of his Christianity.

Beyond the disputes over its substance (what does the document actually mean?)

i suppose it's about how hard it is to get tickets and how elite you need to be to get in there — but it still feels more like hype over substance.)

Assembly members Tedisco, Graf, Ra say Assembly Majority more interested in «symbolism over substance» and covering backsides after voting for budget that's outraged parents & teachers than informing parents of their rights to refuse to have their kids take tests

Cuomo's critics say the tuition initiative, for one, shows Cuomo values headlines over substance.

He did not release details of the device at the Asilomar conference, but said that it involves scaling up existing processes for capturing CO2, which involve passing the gas over a substance such as sodium hydroxide.

Kingsway West, tells the story of a North American Old West ravaged by a long war between China and Mexico over a substance called Red Gold.