Sentences with phrase «thin on substance»
Typical of these lesson plans, it is thin on substance, leaves the students to teach themselves about civil disobedience, and does not help teachers whose own knowledge of civil disobedience is weak.
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Johnson & Johnson, one of the world's leading purveyors of baby products, states on its website that «a baby's skin is thinner, more fragile and less oily than an adult's» and is «less resistant to bacteria and harmful substances in the environment.»
It was eggshell thinning that devastated fish - eating birds and birds of prey, says Fry, and this effect is well documented in a report (pdf) on DDT published in 2002 by the Department of Health and Human Services» Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
This discounted the original prosecution assertion that the tests on thin - layer chromatography for nitroglycerine proved that the accused had been kneading the substance, suggesting instead that their hands could have been «innocently» contaminated.
On March 21, 2012, the MESSENGER team also revealed new supporting evidence that many permanently shadowed craters in Mercury's polar regions may harbor water ice insulated with a thin layer of soil or dust, or some other radar - reflecting volatile substance such as sulfur.
Fat also provides a substance called conjugated linoleic acid or CLA, at least it does if the animals have been on green grass.31 CLA is a substance that protects us against cancer and that promotes weight loss — that's right, fat can make you thin, if it's the right kind of fat.
Sanctum is the perfect example of a film that's style over substance, it looks great, but the plot is paper thin, and relies on recycled ideas from previous films in order to create an engaging film.
Particularly as Northamptonshire seems to be auditioning for the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race and farm vehicles have left a thin sheen of various brown substances on the county's B - roads.
A few topics may look great as the center of your article, yet once you attempt to extend it by any means; you soon acknowledge it will make for an exposition that is thin and low on substance.