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Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, the C sharp minor Op 27 No 2, formed a substantial preface, its first movement nudged exquisitely into existence.

PlayPower has formed a substantial open source community of hackers, coders and enthusiasts who want to help, and is looking to resurrect some of the popular 80s software left behind by its developers.

The fact that the movie's real-life subject wrote a book about the experience, then formed a substantial part of the film's promotional campaign, might tip you off a little.

American football has been played outside the US since the 1920s and accelerated in popularity after World War II, especially in countries with large numbers of U.S. military personnel, who often formed a substantial proportion of the players and spectators.

The report suggested that a county should be set up to recognise the "Manchester known in commerce", and referred to the areas that formed "a substantial part of South Lancashire and part of Cheshire, comprising all municipal boroughs and minor authorities within a radius of eight or nine miles of Manchester".

Friends formed a substantial and crucial basis for support.

But those movements run together with only one break to form a substantial, 25-minute work.

Shaw, Highbridge and Renaissance often form a substantial portion of daily trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

While we're at it, how many people does it take to form "a substantial group" on a stoop?

Indeed, Trollope's five Irish novels form a substantial mini-oeuvre of tragedy, comedy, melodrama and social realism.

Israeli Arabs form a substantial chunk of the Israeli leftists who are disinclined to take part in the election on Feb. 6.