| 词汇 | example_english_insubstantial |
| 释义 | Examples of insubstantialThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Although the example given is insubstantial, it helps to raise two questions of particular relevance to archaeology. Unfortunately, a not insubstantial proportion of these challenges reflected misinterpretations, suggesting that the original exposition was not as clear as it could have been. First, the proportions of low income older homeowners with housing equity above the various thresholds are not insubstantial. In practice, the quantitative effects of this transmission mechanism are insubstantial. The "vapours," like all the other insubstantial, ghostly notions in this story, have become real, and the woman falls down dead, with pleasure. The differences, however, are remarkably insubstantial. To the extent that this model has some relevance to the human situation (a not insubstantial caveat), it suggests the potential multigenerational impact of different modes of maternal rearing behaviors. The information gathered was insubstantial. The higher estimate is not insubstantial. We would perhaps like things to move more quickly, but it is not an insubstantial grant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can understand that, as we now know how insubstantial was the basis on which the figures were produced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He knows it was no insubstantial contribution that was made in that way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When they are asked upon what data they have come to their conclusions, it is found that the data is often insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a full year they would cost £440 million—not an insubstantial sum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The industry that we are discussing is not an insubstantial industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe it holds out the prospect of saving not insubstantial sums of money in the long run. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We see a great city and port being left a mere shadow so insubstantial as almost to have no reality left. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let me leave these rather vague and insubstantial imaginings and come to the real question, which is that of tied houses in the new towns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, we were dealing with not insubstantial sums—the figure in question was about £30 million. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe that the objections should not be transient, insubstantial or passing in character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The initial budgeted figure was £230 million, in 1973, which by 1979 had risen to £600 million—not insubstantial sums. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By any account, this is not an insubstantial sum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When someone's liberty has been restored on licence, no one wants that person to be returned to prison for some trivial or insubstantial reason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not make that suggestion on an insubstantial basis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has, in a sense, stood my argument, albeit confused and lengthy and rather too rapid, upon its insubstantial head. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There could be a substantial registration fee and nominal fees in the constituencies, or an insubstantial registration fee and larger fees in the constituencies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are concerned with cars that are in insubstantial business use. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, however, there is little evidence that clearly identifies where such changes can be made, and all the available evidence is either insubstantial or conflicting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, the phrase "vexatious, frivolous or insubstantial" which is used on two occasions in the order is very wide. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have before us a document which is hardly insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one's obligation is simply to have regard to something that is an insubstantial and ineffective sanction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The figure is again far from being insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The bias of the press coverage and the lack of quality information led to a food scare based on insubstantial evidence and falsehood. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Less than 40% of mortgages are financed by the capital markets, whose share is growing slowly, although this growth is insubstantial. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I could really not have hoped for a more insubstantial answer. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I understand that we are talking about double the population because we are talking about men and women, but nevertheless the figures are not insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The argument on which the change of tax liability is based is therefore feeble and insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When all these arguments are seen to be insubstantial, in come two favourite arguments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The additional capital and maintenance cost in buildings must also be not insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The majority of that time has been after ten o'clock at night and a not insubstantial part of it after midnight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the same time, it is not insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The police have therefore done what they can to keep their house in order against a background of what they believe to be insubstantial resources. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cost of living and inflation have been operating in recent years, but the increase in university fees has been relatively insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I feel that his speech was like a soufflé—appetising at first but insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are small and insubstantial patches of light after four years of almost medieval gloom, but we shall soon be back in a dark era. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our record of achievement in these two very difficult years is not insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of the reasons that have been given for refusal are, in my judgment, insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cost of setting up and implementing charging schemes will not be insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not live out-of-doors as much as other peoples in other countries who have very frail insubstantial houses to protect them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should be interested to know how the word "insubstantial" will be interpreted in the context of the order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that such a "consideration" is an insubstantial approach to a most important matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, viewed in the round, those proposals are tantalisingly insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 About a third of the forces replied, and the total for each was £542,854—not an insubstantial sum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I seem to have stirred up a not insubstantial hornets nest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the end of the debate we may see a change of heart on its part because the grounds for a vote are remarkably insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From all the evidence and publicity, it seems that the problem of finding free time to prepare for the national curriculum is not insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The objections are flimsy and insubstantial and must be overridden. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everyone talks about them, everyone supports them, but results are lacking or altogether far too insubstantial. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English While that is a first step, we see it as too insubstantial. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Therefore, there is bound to be consequential further expenditure of a not insubstantial kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are storing up huge problems as a consequence of this insubstantial and shaky measure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One or two of them are not insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking not just of small fry but of seven entities which, between them, have a not insubstantial share of the total gambling pool. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With great respect, that was an elegant but insubstantial question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The obstacles to their removal—which is dependent on the provision of alternative facilities in the community—are not insubstantial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of that increase of £370 million, £280 million was due to inflation and a not insubstantial £90 million was due to a number of different factors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are mostly carrying out frauds of insubstantial amounts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A plan to do something with a work but where no money (or an insubstantial amount) has been expended should not count as an arrangement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first amendment therefore attempts to tackle an insubstantial problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are an insubstantial material on which to give grants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No doubt cold water has been poured on them, because many regard them as insubstantial reforms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, it deems the substantial effects to continue during the intervening period of insubstantial effects or no effects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They must have regard for the insubstantial benefit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the penalties for breaches are insubstantial and it therefore turns out not to be worth doing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am surprised to hear him make such petty and insubstantial points about what is a very serious report. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that some of these regional headquarters may be taking advantage of the boss's apparent indifference and simply making bland and insubstantial promises. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The increases in prices that we are talking about are not insubstantial; they are significant and very important. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who is to decide what is substantial and what is insubstantial board? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a very insubstantial present, or no present at all, and the only encouragement is a very slight psychological one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The figure of 250,000 motor cars multiplied by 1½ d. per tyre gives £8,000, a not insubstantial sum—and that is only in respect of tyres. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He knows that the cost of such a measure would be about £4.8 billion, which is not an insubstantial amount. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The insubstantial, minor offer of goods would get by. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, the schedule introduces some changes in the criminal law of not insubstantial extent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, both parties in effect recognized that their interests were too insubstantial to justify real risks. If the one appears to be real, the other will appear insubstantial and false - and vice versa. Accordingly, perspectives are, when compared to observations, too insubstantial to be included within public law analysis. Early platforms are far more general than their successors, in some instances having a content too insubstantial to analyse. The real city looked as insubstantial as a dream. There are ostinati that hang in the air, insubstantial as cigar-smoke; figures that scurry out of earshot like mice. The evidence seems to me too fragmentary and insubstantial for any definite conclusion. A number of contributions are insubstantial and poorly written ; others are marred by errors and inconsistencies in analysis. In much sociology women as a social group are invisible or inadequately represented: they take the insubstantial form of ghosts, shadows or stereotyped characters. They are therefore insubstantial and non-corporeal when compared with the more substantial women they crave or the sweaty workers with whom they come into contact. His special penchant, however, was foreign affairs: his achievements here were comparatively spectacular if a little insubstantial. Her inhabiting of a fantasy world has made her appear light, insubstantial, a paradigm of feminine otherness. As previously outlined, only one company undertakes detailed quantitative economic analysis; the remaining three produce insubstantial outlooks which rely heavily on external published forecasts. If you try to deal with several, the result will be an insubstantial and unconvincing piece of work with numerous sketchily described characters. The overall numbers involved are therefore not insubstantial. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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