substantial matter

What on earth is the possibility of reaching agreement on much more substantial matters?

The Supreme Court in revision only decides points of law, not substantial matters.

That was a more substantial matter.

He argued that light is substantial matter, the propagation of which requires time, even if this is hidden from our senses.

The only substantial matter in range was that of the derelict comet, and he could hardly throw that at the monster.

On the substantial matter of the constitutionality of "Pharmaceutical Benefits Act 1944", the court was split.

It was a lousy estate anyhow, so I gaily laughed and gave my attention to more substantial matters, such as the Hellbrunner mansion.

The Student Chamber is active especially in substantial matters concerning different aspects of students life, students matters in general and study conditions.

They denied the existence of substantial matter and proposed that movement consisted of momentary flashes of a stream of energy.

Some of this maligning of personalities, commentators frequently and sarcastically point out, actually comes from a dearth of disagreement on more substantial matters.

The published works generally address serious and substantial matters with a light touch, using simple and clear language, without regard to convention and often with a biting style.

As evidence that the drafters were tangling with substantial matters, one observer recalled "hot and heavy arguments," people "storming out of the room" and then cheerfully getting back to work.

Moreover, the purpose and history behind the provision was not sufficiently supported by facts or data that proved the trade in stolen precious metal ore was a pressing and substantial matter.

If she did not understand the art of making jellies, jams, custards, tea-cakes, and such like trashy affairs, she was profoundly skilled in the mysteries of preparing "amar," "poee-poee," and "kokoo," with other substantial matters.