Sentence examples for substantial stature from inspiring English sources

Standing next to her, a young man of substantial stature came to the rescue, but despite heroic pulling and tugging of his own, the backpack strap remained fully wedged.

The typical manifestations of DSD patients include ambiguous genitalia after birth or puberty, absence of secondary sexual characteristics after puberty, primary amenorrhea, short stature, or substantial height.

A Council speaker has significant stature, too.

During a parliamentary debate last year, a male MP rose and said: "While the Hon Mazibuko may be a person of substantial weight, her stature is questionable".

She was criticised during a budget debate by two ANC MPs, with one, John Jeffrey, saying "while the Honourable Mazibuko may be a person of substantial weight, her stature is questionable".

Even though the manifestation of the basic defect at the cellular and epithelial levels is less vulnerable to environmental influences than any clinical outcome parameter such as lung function, growth and stature, substantial variability of the basic defect phenotype among sib pairs with shared CFTR mutation genotype is observed.

These deals often come with marketing commitments as well as royalty advances, which for a band of Led Zeppelin's stature could be substantial.

It appears that black females are experiencing a double jeopardy in the sense that both their increasing weight and the diminution of their physical stature are both substantial and are both probably associated with negative health consequences.

Recently, in a separate study that was not included in our analysis (due to lack of documented complications), over half of skeletally immature patients with achondroplasia who underwent DO for stature lengthening had substantial growth inhibition and premature physeal closure of the lengthened femurs and tibias (Song et al. 2012).

It has been shown that the perceived rather than actual short stature has a more substantial influence on person's psychosocial functioning[ 17]; taking measurements may help reduce inaccurate perceptions.

Trees are less flexible than low-stature plants and cannot engineer substantial departures from ambient air temperature, given their lofty architecture.