substantive comment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantiveandcomment
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substantive
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.tɪv/us/səbˈstæn.t̬ɪv/
important, serious, or related to ...
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comment
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒm.ent/us/ˈkɑː.ment/
something that you say or write that expresses ...
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(Definition ofsubstantiveandcommentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsubstantive comment
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We shall await the next stage before making anysubstantivecomment.
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This feature received littlesubstantivecommentor debate.
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It would be premature to make anysubstantivecommenton its contents at this stage.
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I have one institutional and onesubstantivecomment.
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I am not in a position to provide immediatesubstantivecommenton that matter, as was the case with an earlier question.
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Perhaps he will allow me to defer any moresubstantivecommentuntil the autumn.
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That is my onlysubstantivecommenton this piece of secondary legislation.
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In these letters she includes substantive comments that give clear evidence to their ongoing collaboration.
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Almost all the substantive comments made in the debate have related to the regime which the explanatory notes predict the regulations will put in force.
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No substantive comments on the draft order have yet been received.
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We have taken careful account of those responses to the consultation paper that made substantive comments on our proposals.
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I want to make some substantive comments about an issue that has dominated not only many speeches this evening, but the debate in the other place a few days ago.
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The substantive comments have been considered.
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