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    substantial


    1. But of course, this is not easy to prove in the court of law since substantial evidence would be needed to back such a claim


    2. I’ll never forget the time he decided to spray paint the kitchen walls … I’d left a basket of clean washing in there … fortunately there was a fairly substantial towel on the top of the basket which took the brunt of the paint but I could have killed him when I found out


    3. Come the evening of the party, and even with a substantial layer of foundation on her face, the guests could still see red rings under her eyes from all of her screaming, bawling and crying


    4. From the way Orens chats, it is plain that Berndt has spent a substantial amount of time at this kloster … This impression is underlined as we enter the main building, several of the Gottesmen we encounter as we walk along a corridor greeting Berndt with enthusiasm


    5. His curious eyes fixed on Alastair, he explains that Sally has gone off to North Wales to see Uncle David’s house and that they have been to church with Anna who has given them a fantastic picnic lunch in her garden, going into substantial detail before finally reaching the salient point which is that they are trying to cut Anna’s lawn, but that the lawn mower is not working properly


    6. We have a fairly subdued but substantial breakfast together and decide that Rob and I should get on the road fairly soon


    7. a substantial layer of foundation on her face, the guests could still


    8. Some of the buildings they passed were substantial with plastered stone walls, paved courts and beautiful murals on their walls


    9. “anyones” who would but for a substantial moment supply attention to them


    10. Regular substantial amounts going into the savings account … what do they represent? They look quarterly … yes, that’s right … what sort of payments are paid like that? Interest? Dividends? Would her father have had shares in something? He must have made a fair bit when he sold the shop … what did he do with it? Did he buy shares with some of it? Ann might know

    11. There's a substantial figure paid to the deposit account monthly too


    12. There were substantial homes along shady plazas all the way up the gentle side of the inner island, with larger structures high on that ridge


    13. Thruout, the most substantial buildings were stuccoed stone with wooden beams and pillars


    14. There is a substantial wine list by the look of it


    15. They’ll have to be substantial boxes though, they’re for my books and I have quite a lot


    16. Shaun is half way down his pint and the bottle of Grouse has sustained substantial damage


    17. The car has new plates, although it shows the typically mud-slung signs of a substantial journey


    18. Further to his right, Tom could see more substantial buildings,


    19. "Although there has been no official announcement, early indications from hospital staff suggest that the girls had taken a cocktail of Ecstasy and other drugs together with substantial amounts of alcohol


    20. usually with substantial gardens and often set well back behind high

    21. “Well, it’s a substantial undertaking, required the same amount of


    22. The villas were once substantial residences, a world or parlours and roast meat, of the girl in service and the rustle of long skirts, but now they host the two-ring lives of students and people like Ted, people screaming silently, inwardly, as splinters drive under their fingernails as they claw their way up or slide their way down life's serpentine ladders


    23. The house is substantial, essentially Devonian in its Victorian solidity and state of grand decline


    24. They served a substantial dinner, I recollect, and obviously thought we were honeymooners


    25. nearby and was already looking forward to the substantial


    26. substantial stack of fuel


    27. No; as soon as the probe slewed into alignment with the next facet, he popped back into existence, more substantial than ever


    28. Apparently, he had risen to some sort of lord in this land; one who commanded a substantial army


    29. In her experience, most beings of substantial stature tended to move relatively slow


    30. The wall was far from insurmountable, any substantial army could easily force its way through, while a smaller party could climb it with only a minimal effort

    31. There is a publication fee and it is traditional that the people in Missing Persons carry a substantial reward


    32. Had some intrepid botanist trudged the weary path, he or she would have eventually reached the mount, and had the mist dispersed they would have spied in the mounts lee a large green hollow ringed with hedges and 'Dingles House' which its red brick and slate roof set in a substantial garden beautifully landscaped with all manner of tall trees, shrubs and lawns


    33. The sleep hadn't been the best, that and the boredom must have put her back to sleep again because when she woke they were turning off into a smaller, but still substantial road tending a little more toward the west


    34. their own relic would have a substantial impact on the


    35. more substantial than the first


    36. network must be substantial, given the popularity of the


    37. By working more closely with our intimate partner-boss, we can develop and enjoy substantial benefits by way of additional physical, intellectual and spiritual potential


    38. insulation, with substantial economy throughout the


    39. Having sold their birth-right, not like Esau, for a mess of pottage in time of hunger and necessity, but, in the wantonness of plenty, for trinkets and baubles, fitter to be the playthings of children than the serious pursuits of men, they became as insignificant as any substantial burgher or tradesmen in a city


    40. But what if his substantial pride had made him return to his cousin?

    41. Gold and silver, therefore, are, according to him, the must solid and substantial part of the moveable wealth of a nation ; and to multiply those metals ought, he thinks, upon that account, to be the great object of its political economy


    42. How substantial reality is created or changed I will leave to others to explore and discuss


    43. Certainly, she was not nearly as substantial as the pasty that she endeavoured to transport, and as a result her progress towards the table was somewhat faltering and uncertain


    44. Then it goes completely underwater and she feels a substantial sort-of tug on the line


    45. Scott hoisted his rucksack off the luggage holder feeling a substantial weight that was not lessened by any antigrav aid, so commonly used these days; it would provide the necessary exercise to leg muscles underused for this


    46. This board had a substantial storage capacity and at least two micro-processors


    47. At only five foot five inches he was shorter than the average height for the Proxima 3 colonists, and his substantial pot belly only made him look even shorter


    48. Yet still, there’s nothing substantial as proof


    49. When her senses returned she became aware of the myriad warnings projected at her: scarlet flashes of status graphics and vehicle’s voice telling her substantial damage had been done to all vital systems, and thus an emergency landing procedure would be engaged


    50. Now to recreate a scenario where we have a substantial body or layer of water that would be suspended in the stratosphere or above the Earth’s atmosphere, we would obviously have some forces working on it














































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    Synonyms for "substantial"

    significant substantial material real substantive affluent flush loaded moneyed wealthy solid strong hearty satisfying square ample plentiful sizable considerable actual tangible concrete physical visible corporeal firm stout stable sound resolute rich opulent influential responsible essential valuable worthy

    "substantial" definitions

    of considerable importance, size, or worth


    of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something


    having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary


    providing abundant nourishment


    of good quality and condition; solidly built


    having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value