Sentences with phrase «short on substance»

«Our state needs true climate leadership in the age of Trump, and unfortunately Cuomo has been long on rhetoric and short on substance,» said Laura Shindell, New York Organizer at Food and Water Watch.

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Backed by Vice and Megan Ellison, The Bad Batch sees Amirpour given a big box of crayons with which to scrawl all over the proverbial walls, resulting in a film that's long on style, and short on substance.

Full on style but short on substance.

While this document is filled with feel - good statements that would lead many to think the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) will not apply to them, it is short on substance and is not consistent with USDA's other documents or actions.

Governor Nasiru Ahmef El - Rufai has described the Kaduna Restoration Group as an» epistle of elite frustration, lengthy on lame lamentations and short on substance and facts.»

«It was more of the same from the governor,» said Giambra, «and he didn't say where the money was going to come from to fix the subway system, the bridges, and everything else under the sun that he mentioned in a speech that was short on substance and filled with expensive promises with no sign of where the money was going to come from.»

«Even on the things that he touched on, he was high on platitudes and short on substance.

Smucker's noises about producing their original sustainability report also resulted in a similar proposal by Trillium and Calvert in 2010 to be withdrawn, but the resulting report was short on substance.

You know, this author wrote a thoughtful, balanced article, but many of the «comments» I have read so far are short on substance and heavy on cynicism.

However, despite high expectations, so far Trump's efforts to overhaul healthcare and reform taxes have fallen flat and have been short on substance.

Not exact matches

Now I realize that we're all short on bandwidth and attention these days, but that's no real excuse to stop learning or to settle for fictions and factoids instead of facts and real substance.

In short, Jesus and the Victory of God reads like a good old - fashioned book on Jesus, one that gives matters of theological substance and historical plausibility pride of place.

Minority in Parliament has passed a scathingly damning verdict on President Akufo - Addo's maiden State of the Nation Address, describing it as «high on platitudes and short of substance.»

Identification of suspect substances depends on reference materials that are in short supply

In addition, industrial short - lived ozone - depleting substances emitted on land, often in the mid-latitudes, have four - to six - month journey to the stratosphere.

Short - lived substances, on the other hand, will have a minimal effect on delaying ozone recovery because they are more likely to degrade before reaching the stratosphere, she said.

The taste receptors on the tongue detect extremely small concentrations of substances within the short time it takes to taste it.

Researchers have yet to agree on a precise definition of prebiotics, the substances that intestinal bacteria feed on, but generally the scientists agree that these are «undigested dietary carbohydrates that are fermented by colonic bacteria yielding short chain fatty acids.»

So, we rated Seekingmillionaire.com on # 2 as it falls long on looks but definitely short in the substance it offers.

You have a short window before she moves on to someone who spent time writing a message with substance.

SUBSTANCE USE - A hand holds a short glass containing whiskey in close - up and we then see the man holding the glass chug the drink, a man and a woman each holds a glass of wine and the man begins to raise the glass to his lips as the scene ends, two men and two women hold glasses of white wine on a plane, a glass of wine is seen at a man's dinner place (he does not drink), a man holds a glass of beer but no one drinks at a club, a man pours two glasses of wine at home (we do not see anyone drink), two women drink martinis in a club, and a man returns home drunk and he talks loudly, slurs his words and staggers.

I really do not plan on going over each one of the shorts, as it would just take too much time, and the shorts themselves lack enough substance to do a mini-review of each one.

As easygoing as a country ballad (and its laconic star), director John Carroll Lynch's film is short on dramatic incident but long on mood and heavy with philosophical substance, as Stanton's Lucky grapples with issues of realism, happiness and what awaits us after we shuffle off our mortal coil.

«Free Fire» is heavy on style and short enough to justify the full - fledged warehouse shootout, but its lack of storytelling substance and handful of one - dimensional characters risks shooting it down entirely.

For all of his obvious skills and uncommon talent as a visual storyteller, Kosinski's first two films were short on character depth and emotional engagement, but whether a function of Kosinski's innate preferences for spectacle over substance or simply script - related issues, Kosinski's feature - film output made him an odd, left - of - field choice to direct a film about American firefighters and the Yarnell Hill Fire of 2013 that resulted in the greatest loss of firefighters since 9 - 11 more than a decade earlier.

Movie - tie - in games like Over the Hedge usually lean heavily on the source material for substance, which makes the use of homegrown CG story sequences, rather than short clips from the actual film, a bit of a head - scratcher.

And we know that this vote was scheduled on extremely short notice, so that it would be difficult — if not impossible — for the rest of us to influence the substance of the conference report through motions to instruct» (h / t Christel Swasey).

Our favorite line from the review says «Sure, we like to be pampered, but the luxury cars we truly admire are more like the all - new Cadillac ATS — short on fluff and long on substance.»

Unfortunately, the majority of pets in the U.S. consume commercially - available processed food and treats that are made with feed - grade ingredients potentially containing substances that can be harmful on a short or long - term basis.

The two gears then moved on after the substance shorts out JD's torch.

«But, frankly, there is probably enough of a short - term plateau and rise in the 1980s and 1990s — particularly in the curves derived from the Hadley Center temperature data — to keep those wanting restrictions on greenhouse gases fired up about the power of such substances to heat up the Earth.

But, frankly, there is probably enough of a short - term plateau and dip since around 2000 — particularly in the curves derived from the Hadley Center temperature data — to keep those opposed to restrictions on greenhouse gases fired up about the limited power of such substances to heat up the Earth.

Sadly, a 1000 - character limit seems to have cut them short on Fuller's own blog, where he embraces your suggestions on framing the questions, but appears unaware that you also address their, ahem, substance.

There's more: The professor Justin mentions in his guest post counterattacked in a short - on - substance piece at the Union College's online newspaper, co-authored with the «bossy woman» in the second photo, see «A lord's opinion can't compete with scientific truth» http://www.concordy.com/article/opinions/march-7-2012/a-lords-opinion-cant-compete-with-scientific-truth/

The four - hour Traffic Law & Substance Abuse Education course by Aceable is the shortest safe driver course allowed by law and is available on iOS, Android and web.

Counselor for court - involved adolescents and their families on mental health and substance abuse issues, at a non-profit agency in, out - patient setting, short - term, emergency residential shelter (where clients were in the custody of either Youth Services, Human Services, or were «run - aways»).

The Drug Abuse Screening Test, Short Form (DAST - 10) was used to screen for probable drug abuse or dependence on a wide variety of substances other than alcohol.26 Respondents who used drugs other than alcohol in the past 12 months were asked whether they had experienced any of 10 drug - related problems in the past 12 months.

The Touchstone Short Term Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program accepts clients for alcohol rehab and drug rehab on a short - term residential basis, in other words, less than 30 Short Term Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program accepts clients for alcohol rehab and drug rehab on a short - term residential basis, in other words, less than 30 short - term residential basis, in other words, less than 30 days.

Depending on the substance, some of them impact sexual desire in the short - term while others impact it in the long term.