She took him up on it, sinking substantial sums of her own money into it.
She has, after all, lived a substantial portion of her life under a female prime minster.
Ms. Madoff has told friends that she has lost a substantial portion of her assets, which she invested with her uncle.
(Ubben's fund made a substantial purchase of her shares, and he joined the board of Stewart's company in 2002).
I imagine a substantial part of her salary went into paying for a nanny - current costs can run up to £400 a week.
I pushed the laryngoscope past the substantial fold of her tongue until I could see the orifice, and asked for the tube.
A self-published author in Cape Cod has sued Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a co-host of the ABC program "The View," for copyright infringement, accusing her of plagiarizing substantial portions of her book, "Living With Celiac Disease".
She spent a substantial portion of her time pursuing legal actions against foreign publishers who produced unauthorized or substandard editions of the novel.
In 1985 "Charlotte Perriand: Un Art de Vivre," a substantial retrospective of her distinguished work, was put on display at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
Mr Riddle said he had taken account of the means of the nine, adding: "Professor David is a pensioner and the sum of £20,000 comprises a substantial portion of her savings jointly with her husband.
