Sentence examples for of substantial means from inspiring English sources

He is also clearly still a man of substantial means, with six houses, two of which are in South Africa.

In February 1833 she married James S. Gibbons, a Quaker merchant of substantial means; they lived in Philadelphia until 1835 and thereafter in New York City.

The reason the group was making a beeline for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's home was a simple one: Mr. Bloomberg, a man of substantial means and considerable generosity, is known on Halloween to give out full-size candy bars, not just the "fun-size" ones.

If your husband-to-be is of substantial means, he may surprise you by slipping a beautiful engagement ring on your left hand while simultaneously slapping a prenuptial agreement in your right.

The development of TCEs can be a substantial means to enhance the regional competitiveness of a location.

I used to live in Poole and there were plenty of pensioners there who had substantial means.

Given the absence of other control strategies, the only substantial means to ensure a viable crop production in rhizomania infested areas is the use of varieties specifically bred for resistance to the virus [3].

Smith & Williamson is already working to find a buyer of "substantial financial means" for Caterham.

A substantial mean fraction of 0.37 ± 0.09 of these peaks could be assorted into series for the positive mode, whereas a smaller and less variant fraction of 0.13 ± 0.03 was assorted in the negative mode.

A recent meta-analysis (Südkamp et al. 2012) reports an overall positive and substantial mean correlation of 0.63, suggesting that the accuracy of teachers' ability-related judgements is remarkable but "far from perfect" (p. 755), and varies depending on test characteristics and available sources of information.

This has been reversed, with substantial means-testing of benefits and tax credits, and the value of the remaining universal benefits falling well behind earnings.