Sentence examples for substantial fight from inspiring English sources

"This time around, the borrowers know the regulators and the government are on their side, so they can put up a substantial fight".

Very large fish will require a substantial fight to land, and you may find it necessary to adjust your drag to wear it down.

But Democrats on Capitol Hill and independent arms control groups predicted the decision will provoke controversy and a substantial budget fight this year.

Their defense budget, for example, takes on entrenched interests and powerful lobbyists in a way that's both long overdue and which promises to be a substantial street fight.

All four navies built them in substantial numbers to fight in narrow seas during World War II.

Even if we remove a zero or two from these estimates, the amounts accumulated following long political tenures are likely to be quite substantial and the fight for their recovery will by waged on a variety of fronts, political and legal.

Every time the Wolfpack built a substantial lead, Syracuse fought back.

As of 2007, he had lost substantial weight and fought off his alcohol problems.

Indeed, animal rights groups like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have made substantial headway in their fight against what they call animal abuse, and they attribute their success to getting personal with opponents.

The tycoon revealed he had established a "substantial" war chest to fight plans to build more offshore facilities, which he said he was doing to "save Scotland and honour my mother, Mary MacLeod".

Mr Piot and Carol Bellamy, the head of UNICEF, have both complained that Mr Mbeki's Nepad plan for African recovery makes no substantial mention of the fight against AIDS.Mr Mbeki now seems to be slightly shifting his position, if only to persuade Madiba, Bishop Desmond Tutu and others to stop "back-seat driving".