"Each faces serious political problems and raises some substantive concerns," the memorandum said.

If the governor has substantive concerns about the bill that he has signed, we didn't hear about them.

Abortion, as always, was the topic at the top of both parties' substantive concerns.

Officials think that if they can solve the payment question, they can defuse the substantive concerns.

Subsequent critical commentary raised substantive concerns of racial and other discrimination because provided photos are obligatorily submitted alongside test scores in the admissions process.

As Republican senators fight to preserve a tax cut, they are willing to all but abandon their substantive concerns in pursuit of a token victory.

Menendez responded to that speculation in a statement on January 6, 2012, saying he had "substantive" concerns about Shwartz's knowledge of constitutional issues.

The commission's response to the boroughs clearly was based on both substantive and political concerns.

But I don't want to dismiss a substantive concern just because people frequently choose the wrong word to describe it.

The substantive concerns underlying the vote deserve to be taken seriously - and that was exactly what happened at the European Council last December.