Sentence examples for substantial the first from inspiring English sources

Particularly when it is in hand and substantial; the first checks averaged $3,500, retroactively covering the first four months of the year.

The return on those investments has been substantial; the first two sections of the High Line have generated more than $2 billion in planned or new development, city officials said.

Britain has raised the threat level of an Irish-related terror attack from moderate to substantial, the third highest level, meaning a strike is a "strong possibility," the government said Friday.

(It has since dropped back down to "substantial", the third highest of five).

On Wednesday, Home Secretary Theresa May told lawmakers in the House of Commons that the domestic intelligence agency MI5 had decided to raise its threat level of an IRA attack in Britain to "substantial," the third-highest level.

In the US, however, it was a substantial hit, the first of many from 1981's multi-platinum Escape album.

For new construction and substantial renovations, the first floor of a house cannot be more than three feet above the predevelopment level in the front of the house.

Despite substantial experience, the first set of trainers used a didactic and inflexible training approach.

A substantial improvement the first three months after the initial visit at the clinic was shown.

In contrast the GEBV accuracy was more persistent, although the drop in accuracy was substantial in the first generation.

"Substantial" is the third of five terrorism threat levels.