The EU has signed 20 substantial pacts since 1990, and has 15 more on the way; over the same period the United States has ratified only two, with four more in the works.
A substantial part of the Colombian population demonstrated with their votes that they are ready to join this "Pact of Reconciliation," as some voices suggest it may be re-labeled.
The fiscal pact imposes substantial fines on any signatory nation whose deficit averages more than 0.5 percent of gross domestic product over a full economic cycle, a condition the United States would have had great trouble meeting over the past three decades.
Although panel officials said the pact imposed substantial limits on access, it still appeared to establish a precedent for outside access to some of the most highly classified intelligence reports in the executive branch, a precedent that the White House had not been eager to set.
Mr. Tung was optimistic, predicting that the pact "will bring substantial business opportunities for the various sectors here in our community -- it will greatly help Hong Kong overcome its difficulties and achieve economic recovery as soon as possible".
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D, N.Y). said the pact "represents a substantial down payment in meeting our needs over the long term".
The Palestinians insist that the next interim withdrawal, or "third further redeployment", prescribed in the original Oslo pacts, should be substantial: Israel is offering only a token 1%.
According to the geometry of the array, PACT can be classified into linear-array PACT (LA-PACT) and circular-array PACT (CA-PACT).
Mr Bush was right to reject the prohibitively expensive Kyoto pact, but he promised a substantial and cost-effective domestic policy to take its place.
And if it succeeds with Google Base, an online marketplace that's clearly meant to compete with eBay, Thursday's pact will look even less substantial.
Pact is too strong a word".
