substantive issue

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantiveandissue

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substantive
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.tɪv/us
/səbˈstæn.t̬ɪv/
important, serious, or related to ...
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issue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪʃ.uː/us
/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition ofsubstantiveandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubstantive issue

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This is done because they are not contesting anysubstantiveissuewith each other.
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What matters is that which property is involved is understood to be asubstantiveissue.
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Table 8 summarizes contributions made to each of the threesubstantiveissueareas.
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I do not think we can leave paving amendments floating without the substantive amendment, given that we have already debated thesubstantiveissue.
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Fourthly, there is thesubstantiveissueof how the new rules will work in relation to the burden of proof.
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I return to thesubstantiveissueof the debate, land use in the countryside and the demands placed on it by society.
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I deal now with the majorsubstantiveissuewhich has been raised on the effect of bringing together the prescribing budgets in primary care.
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However, we are divided on onesubstantiveissue.
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I shall come to thesubstantiveissue, which is the important part of this point.
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Let me deal with the drafting—the technical reasons why the amendment should not be accepted—before dealing with thesubstantiveissue.
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We certainly have a verysubstantiveissueof agreement between us on the need for shopworker protection.
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Is there not public interest not only in thesubstantiveissuebut in the accurate reproduction of what has gone on in court?
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Let me now deal with thesubstantiveissuethat was left unaddressed.
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At that point it was clear that we were discussing thesubstantiveissue.
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The so-called abandonment of sterling is yet another emotional rather thansubstantiveissue.
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That is not the realsubstantiveissue, which is that this is a form of relief which is untargeted.
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We have had at least three votes on thissubstantiveissuesince 1997, and today we will have the fourth.
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I turn to thesubstantiveissueof the disclosure of information about major acquisitions and other significant deals.
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One may be called thesubstantiveissueand the other may be described as the procedural issue.
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