Similar definitions are given by the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue that covers the period up to the start of the 18th century; later volumes, when it was published as the Dictionary of the Scots Language and covered from 1700 onwards, include substantial, large and big; it further indicates it may be akin to the Old Norse stórr.
The $30 tea service brings a vast selection of teas from English Breakfast to Lapsang souchong to chamomile lavender, along with substantial finger sandwiches, hearty scones and big chunks of cake.
Babelsberg, too, attracts substantial Hollywood investment and big international productions like "Anonymous," "Inglourious Basterds," "The Reader" and "The Pianist," which were all shot there in recent years.
But Zimbabwe is sitting on substantial platinum resources and big new foreign investments are on the way.The world's two largest platinum-mining companies, South Africa's Impala Platinum (Implats) and Anglo Platinum, have been eyeing Zimbabwe with interest.
The continuing impact of access to substantial computing power and big data, the use of algorithms in data analysis and drug design are also presented.
That was of course substantial and had a big impact on the personal plans of many young people.
That charm is substantial, and should the big boy return for future adventures, Disney might rethink the styling.
There is a substantial focus for small and big business to be aware of curation as a marketing tactic to grow user conversion on social media and websites.
MetLife has an enormous bond portfolio, a large derivatives book, substantial real estate holdings and big-time connections with other systemically important financial institutions.
"By putting together a very tight mosaic in the right states, using a very substantial and impressive set of big data-mining and exploitation techniques, they were able to market an indifferent president to an audience that was still receptive to him".
