Passing Chicago would take at least two losses by the 9-3 Bears, who hold a substantial tie-breaking advantage by virtue of their 8-1 conferecordrecord.
Over the years, there have been warm, substantial ties between members of the bin Laden family and leaders of the foreign-policy establishment in America and Britain.
Of all the former lawmakers, Mr. Archer, now at PricewaterhouseCoopers, left Congress most recently, and still has substantial ties to the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, which he headed.
In denying bail, Judge Maas said that the government appears to have a "very strong case" against Mr. Higazy, and that he has "a substantial incentive to flee a community he doesn't have substantial ties with".
In contrast, Mr. Headley, 49, who changed his name from Daood Gilani in 2006, and another man, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, are older with seemingly more substantial ties to their communities.
And the organizations have substantial ties to the Bloomberg administration: Mr. Bloomberg, since becoming mayor, has personally donated $200,000 to Agudath Israel, and a former top aide to the mayor is a lobbyist for Ohel.
For more information, see https://www.mi5.gov.uk/careers/how-to-apply-vetting-process.aspx You must be a born or naturalised British citizen to work for The Security Service: One of your parents should also be British or have substantial ties to the UK.
In the latter instance, substantial ties means that your parent is a citizen of a British overseas territory, a Commonwealth citizen, US citizen, European Economic Area EEAA) citizen, British national or citizen overseas, and they would need to have demonstrable connections with the UK by way of family history or have been resident here for a substantial period of time.
And, Moody's points out, GMAC will still have substantial ties to GM, which is keeping a minority 49% stake, and thus has exposure to the outcome of GM's negotiations with its labor unions and bankrupt parts supplier Delphi.
They have substantial ties to the community.
Chairman Dennis Hedke has substantial ties to fossil fuel and utility interests pushing anti-clean energy legislation through the Kansas House Energy Committee.
