Sentence examples for building a substantial from inspiring English sources

"I think he certainly has a shot at building a substantial company," Mr. Weill said.

Instead of building a substantial new structure, Mr. Sutanto proposed a low slung shelter with an attractive Javanese style roof.

He then became a broker of telephone services and franchises, building a substantial fortune that he later used to found a capital-investment firm.

Sangster had, by now, bought a large house at Swettenham, near Congleton, Cheshire, and was building a substantial stud for his grow ing band of brood mares.

There was no hint that his authority would be challenged later in the day, but soldiers were busy building a substantial protective wall in front of the dilapidated two-story military building that is his headquarters.

"YouTube and Google stole hundreds of thousands of video clips from artists and content creators, including Viacom, building a substantial business that was sold for billions of dollars," Mr. Fricklas said.

These burn out after a few uses, so you need to weigh the cost of building a more substantial furnace with the length of time you hope to use it.

Not only did he win those contests, he won them big, building up a substantial delegate lead and cutting into Mrs. Clinton's electoral coalition.

But, to his credit, he managed to build a different career by touring Italy and playing in theatre after theatre, sports arena after sports arena, building up a substantial network of popular support independent of television.

In the year of his birth, 1972, they came very close, building up a substantial lead before collapsing in the final furlong in a manner that would become typical.

I obtained a post as a lecturer in EST at the "Fachsprachenzentrum", the Centre for Languages for Academic/Specific Purposes, of the University of Hanover, Germany, in 1990, and here I devoted all my efforts to building up a substantial EST programme.