substantive progress
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantiveandprogress
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substantive
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.tɪv/us/səbˈstæn.t̬ɪv/
important, serious, or related to ...
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progress
noun[U]
uk/ˈprəʊ.ɡres/us/ˈprɑː.ɡres/
movement to an improved or more developed state, or to a ...
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(Definition ofsubstantiveandprogressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Nor was theresubstantiveprogresson economic reform.
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We have been disappointed at the lack ofsubstantiveprogress.
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We hope to seesubstantiveprogresstowards completion by the end of 2000.
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At the moment there has been no furthersubstantiveprogressto report.
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If it now wants to revisit the issue, it will not makesubstantiveprogress.
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We hope to seesubstantiveprogresstowards the successful conclusion of a protocol during 2000.
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We aim to makesubstantiveprogressduring the course of this year.
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They have madesubstantiveprogressover the past couple of years and are still developing.
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We want to seesubstantiveprogressbeing made on decommissioning immediately.
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We are making real andsubstantiveprogresson both those challenges.
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We clearly need to make verysubstantiveprogresson our top priorities in this semester.
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It must be deeply frustrating for all concerned to be sitting there unable to makesubstantiveprogress.
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However, the fact that there is littlesubstantiveprogressis due to delays in presenting information on the case files.
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We look for furthersubstantiveprogressin the key areas of arms control, regional issues and human rights.
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All that would have to be included in the new round if we were to makesubstantiveprogress.
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We believe that there are now fresh opportunities for arms control, althoughsubstantiveprogressis likely to be slow.
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Our policy has not changed and will not do so until there issubstantiveprogressin that country.
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So, in my opinion, these are the three main areas in which we need to makesubstantiveprogress.
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It is for them, if at all possible, to enter into real dialogue and to makesubstantiveprogresson the outstanding issues.
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We all know that these texts give us a real opportunity for the very first time in very many years to makesubstantiveprogresson this dossier.
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The first monitoring visit following the imposition of special measures revealed uneven, ifsubstantiveprogress, in addressing the inspectors concerns.
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