It will create substantial benefits for consumers by generating more choice.

Robert Milton

This new billing standard launched by the BSI offers the opportunity for streamlining and improving the billing process and could bring substantial benefits to both industry and the consumer.

Malcolm Wicks

The reforms Putnam will undertake as part of the commission's order are intended to provide real and substantial protections for mutual fund investors.

Stephen Cutler

We regard the shares as inexpensive and believe that just placing a market multiple on its free-cash-flow a few years out yields substantial upside in the stock.

Douglas Shapiro

I think everyone's trying to be the hero to call the end of the trend, but I think this could be a very long-term substantial beneficial trend for investors, to stay long energy.

Robert Lutts

The Orange Order must bear substantial responsibility for this. They publicly called people on to the streets. I think if you do that, you cannot then abdicate responsibility.

Hugh Orde

I have placed development issues at the top of the agenda right from the outset, and I would like to see an early harvest of the key development issues at the ministerial this week, or at least see that we have made substantial progress in resolving them.

John Tsang

Medical costs are rising significantly, so the fact that we offered a zero percent increase was substantial.

Tina Lange

Building a new media player from scratch would be a bold move and so it is more likely that foreign investors, if anything, would look to acquire established businesses, particularly when there is only a handful of existing players with a substantial footprint.

Neil Johnson

If the Charter is interpreted that it takes five votes to annually adjust the City Manager's compensation, this interpretation empowers three members of the City Commission to allow the City Manager to deem himself terminated and results in substantial cost to the citizens.

John Hubbard

It's two outs, bottom of the ninth -- he's gotta come through. He has to come up with something definite and substantial. Anything less than that will be taken as a negative by the market.

Angel Mata

You don't have to have 100 percent coverage, but you can't have a substantial loss in coverage. That is subject to interpretation.

Don Cote

Unwelcome substantial fall in inflation....

John Snow

I accept that simply talking about the problem of child abuse will not make a substantial difference, but I hope that the combined effort of so many New Zealanders such as yourselves, with some assistance from me and other influential people, might make noticeable inroads into reducing the risks that so many of our children face.

Silvia Cartright

He had no substantial reporting role at all. I think he knew about the story, and I believe he was very skeptical, just from chatting with him, about the possibility that Jiang would resign.

Joseph Kahn

This cost the foundation a substantial amount of money that it could not afford, ... It put a substantial strain on resources that could have been better used to fight AIDS.

Charles Thompson

The company's latest offer showed no substantial improvements on our top three issues, which are pensions, health care and job security.

Connie Kelliher

We've got some things working that are pretty substantial.

Jack Krumme

Satellite mapping captivates a substantial audience because people are curious to see familiar places from a dramatic perspective. People are also fascinated with the new technology and its ability to combine up-close satellite imagery with local search capabilities.

Gerry Davidson

Although we are over half way through North Sea reserves, substantial quantities of hydrocarbons remain, possibly between 22 and 28 billions barrels of oil equivalent.

Malcolm Wicks

Certainly the exit climate has improved of late, particularly for technology company acquisitions in the U.S. and public market exits for both healthcare and IT in Europe. However the exit opportunities are not likely to grow to the level that would be needed to see a substantial return for that remaining number of portfolio companies.

Steve Harmston

You know all those extra lines of code that we sometimes refer to as bloatware. It's actually very important and efficient stuff. There is some very substantial functionality built into the operating system.

Laura Didio

I've been told (an audit) can cost up to $10,000. That is a substantial burden. That could be an entire program for a year that gets wiped out.

John Mcnamara

Not only will this lead to confusion on the part of the students, but this is a not-so-subtle way of hiding the substantial influence of religion in the history of Western civilization. Our schools should not be in the business of hiding things from students; they should be in the business of revealing things to them.

Martin Cothran

The issue of privacy is a substantial one. People don't realize how much information has already been gathered about them. When you start seeing pop-up screens that say 'You bought boots at such-and-such a Web site, now check out our camping gear,' that will be distressing to a lot of people; they're going to look for some way to have anonymity online.

Jim Balderston

The mobile channel offers substantial benefits to agencies, brands, and consumers. Don't delay, move now! If you have not yet begun to learn about the benefits mobile can provide, start to learn now. Mobile is simple, start now.

Jim Manis

There is a reason for both sides to compromise here for something that would be short of full repeal but would still provide a substantial reduction.

Jon Kyl

North Korea has a substantial and chronic food deficit.

Gerald Bourke

China has now entered the era where it will gradually have to lets its currency appreciate, unless China is able to make a substantial change to its capital account.

Chen Xingdong

Revenue is static, expenditures are going up and you have a very substantial fiscal problem.

Harry Miller

It's a shame that anyone who has substantial resources available would take advantage of the system. Because it ends up putting rules on the system that could hurt people who truly need this benefit.

Sue Berkowitz

Some snakes, as a defensive mechanism, will approach you as a bluff, but if you move away they'll lose interest – they won't chase you for any substantial distance.

Craig Rudolph

The transaction is a substantial step in our strategy to reduce group risk and complexity.

John Mcfarlane

It adds up to a substantial amount. We tell them it's a charitable donation.

Christy Fusco

Everybody wants to see something happen with the substantial reserves. Bolivia can use the extra money. The neighboring countries can use the extra gas. How do you structure a deal that meets the needs of Bolivian politics and satisfies the commercial interests of the investors?

George Beranek

The scientific evidence is substantial and it indicates that hormone replacement therapy causes breast cancer.

Howard Snyder

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing.

Thorstein Veblen

Due to the combination of lower severity and the lower anticipated individual losses, we do not expect substantial losses to the industry, in aggregate.

Paul Bradley

Few major public broadcasters around the world still maintain substantial in-house design capacity. Even BBC London stopped doing so some time ago.

Fred Mattocks

When you are not in a public arena, you don't have to worry as much about short-term earnings prospects. The other benefit is that you can save substantial money in not having to do regular public reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission … and onerous requirements related to auditing.

Robert Weible

Before any substantial commitment to defend India against China is given, we should recognize that in order to carry out that commitment against any substantial Chinese attack we would have to use nuclear weapons.

Robert S. McNamara

Our decision to implement changes in supply chain operations is a difficult one, but it is the right one for the business. The high costs of an inefficient supply chain are simply not acceptable. By moving quickly we will capture substantial savings this year, and be positioned to reap even greater cost savings in fiscal 2000 and beyond.

David Morrison

I'm very encouraged because I think this is a serious proposal that warrants a serious response from the [tort] claimants and it represents a substantial step forward in the case.

Donald Bernstein

We have taken a huge step forward today and achieved a consensus agreement. This brings this process a substantial step closer to completion.

Stuart Eisenstat

It's like the effort to cut the dependence Canada generally has on the American market. Everybody says we have to do it, but it's difficult to see any substantial efforts.

Alan Hall

We made substantial progress on several fronts during the first quarter. We generated good sales growth, as double-digit gains for blades and razors and Braun more than offset softness in certain battery markets and a significant unfavorable exchange effect.

Michael Hawley

Governments have shown that if there is a substantial supply risk they are willing to act, and act quickly.

Gary Ross

ITT is pleased with this outcome, and our actions demonstrate that we remain committed to protecting and exploiting ITT's valuable intellectual property portfolio, ITT continues to demonstrate the substantial value of our innovative technologies consistent with our heritage and our future, as we bring the phrase 'Engineered for Life' to life every day.

Vince Maffeo

We believe the next appropriate step in this process is to explore strategic alternatives for our Parisian specialty department store business, which could include its sale. We believe there is a very bright future for this unique franchise, and that meaningful opportunity exists for continued revenue growth and substantial operating income improvement.

Brad Martin

A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income.

Roy Jenkins

We are very, very bullish on the prospects for the electronic book, ... I don't think our projections are as optimistic as Microsoft's, but we definitely see it happening and being a substantial part of our future business. It could radically alter the economics of publishing. It will change the manufacture-ship-get returns model. You don't have to manufacturer five to sell three.

Adam Rothberg

These billboards are substantial structures. Temporary structures are only meant to be up for a few months. How many of these billboards have you seen them tear down in the last few months?

Gene Porterfield

In addition to boosting Protective Life's earnings per share and return on equity, this deal is a substantial positive because investors have been anxious to see the company put its excess capital to work.

Andrew Kligerman

The cultural disintegration at Oracle is pretty substantial. They haven't even been able to integrate PeopleSoft yet.

Paul Greenberg

[But that was before Katrina.] The hurricane has removed -- at least temporarily -- substantial supply from the market, ... Price will respond.

Trilby Lundberg

This is our fourth storm but this one is really aggressive. This one we are taking seriously. The damage is going to be substantial.

Irene Toner

It was a management challenge and the tab will be fairly substantial when we add it all up.

Lyle Churchill

We have secured a premium price for a substantial number of our beverages businesses, ... We will retain robust and profitable beverages operations in the U.S.A. and Europe and simultaneously broaden our strategic options for the further development of the company.

John Sunderland

Combined with the fact that today's retail sales data point to a surge in July personal consumption, this means that the consumer entered Q3 with substantial momentum.

Joshua Shapiro

Our study shows a very clear and substantial biological component to anorexia nervosa, and my hope is that this will offer some support to patients and their families.

Cynthia M. Bulik

One of a group that jumps around looking for a hot spot so they can slander people without substantial evidence. It's disgraceful.

Reg Alcock

There is increased likelihood that China and the United States can make substantial progress or even sign an agreement during the fourth round of talks.

Cao Xinyu

We have completed a substantial amount of work, almost all the pipelines have gone in. We still have some minor distribution pipes to some households to put in, but all the mains have gone in. To date, the value on the ground is $21.6 million.

Peter Clarke

Both airlines believe that by working together we can deliver substantial public benefits, adding real value for customers and shareholders, boosting tourism and enhancing the further employment and investment potential of both airlines.

Geoff Dixon

We tend to be less strident than the big studios on issues of cultural diversity because we tend to promote it ... but there is substantial concern over how this will impact the industry.

Jean Prewitt

Although there are substantial issues that would need to be resolved, this proposal could also be a serious first step towards resolving long-standing issues involving the New York airports and Port Authority leases with the city for the airport property.

Charles Gargano

Marketers understand the tremendous publicity and marketing potential surrounding the Oscars, and the pour substantial amounts of money into making an impact during the awards.

Chad Kaydo

Whenever you have someone doing what you do and doing it for free, that could put substantial pressure on your business.

Steve Weinstein

We purchased substantial equipment to meet the increase in [network] traffic, ... At the time, we were still adding new customers at a high rate, and the load crippled us.

Richard Bliss

These developers have the experience and interest and are definitely of national and international stature with very substantial financial capabilities.

Tom Gabelman

These are not hobby businesses. The substantial number of people in this group are running a growing, meaningful business.

Sharon Hadary

If the federal government shifts large Medicaid costs to the states, some states are likely to turn around and shift a substantial part of those costs to low-income beneficiaries. And since low-income people have nobody they can shift costs to, they likely will end up paying the price, partly in the form of less health care.

Andy Schneider

Chase paid top dollar and this is going create substantial strains on Chase. There's tremendous execution risk going forward. I think it's going to be a very difficult cultural fit.

Charles Peabody

We have raised a substantial amount ourselves and of course these races are expensive. We are going to keep doing what we are doing and we feel comfortable with the level of involvement that we have.

Joel Baker

Looking at the amount of work accomplished during the first weeks of October, there was a substantial workload increase.

Larry Greer

We anticipate substantial amendments to the bill.

Anne Murphy

The caucus kind of adopted us in June by making a substantial financial donation to keep the museum open for the summer.

Carolyn Hughes

LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system -- an admirable provision of nature for the repose of infancy, but chiefly useful in rural festivities to support plates of cold chicken and heads of adult males. The male of our species has a rudimentary lap, imperfectly developed and in no way contributing to the animal's substantial welfare.

Ambrose Bierce

Our retail sales were strong again in March and we exceeded our expectations despite another substantial reduction in daily rental fleet volume. We continue to exceed our year ago retail levels, our share continues to stabilize and our inventories remain lean.

Bill Lovejoy

With the exception of Sydney, which is still very weak, there is no feeling that a substantial pull-back is in the offing for the housing industry over the next 12 months.

Harley Dale

Substantial price increases this winter.

Guy Caruso

If there is a substantial variation, it should go back before the commission.

Councilwoman Shari Mackin

The fact that we found an association between antibiotic use and the subsequent development of asthma is in itself a fairly substantial message. But I don't think it's by any means conclusive. It appears to be an association, but we need further study.

Carlo Marra

In this context, what is truly important...is the growing recognition that Zimbabwe has already passed the point of no return in its ability to recover from its crisis without substantial outside help.

Christopher Dell

In each of the last three seasons, the doe harvest has increased and has been higher than the buck harvest. That reduces the reproductive capacity of the herd. After 2003, we saw the (post season) populations leveling off. After '04, reproduction started heading down. This year, we should see substantial drops in reproduction.

Willy Suchy

We achieved substantial sales and earnings improvement during the year thanks in large part to the efforts of our management and associate team. Additionally, we ended the year with a strong balance sheet that positions us for continued growth and success.

Tim Belk

Normally in a situation like that you would not get to race and you would lose substantial points. So to not only get the car back in the race but to finish on the podium, it was the ideal situation.

Commissioner Dwayne Taylor

The mayor took his pain early on. Tax increases were substantial and hurtful, but they hurt early on, and he had time to recover.

Doug Muzzio

If there is a deep drop in revenues, it is very difficult to accumulate substantial enough reserves to keep spending at the maximum allowed by the cap.

Jean Ross

These types of retail businesses are not what most cities seek for their front door along the interstate. But as long as the federal courts provide them substantial protection to operate on First Amendment grounds, these businesses can locate in virtually any community.

Jay Stewart

They've got a pretty substantial cash position.

Helane Becker

This is the kind of substantial income increase many people need to remain in the middle class or enjoy some affluence.

Joyce Thompson

We shared the view that participants in the talks should produce substantial progress and come up with a framework for the realization of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.

Song Min

There's a risk that we could have a substantial impact on further refineries. We clearly cannot afford any further disruptions in gasoline production and capacity.

Guy Caruso

There's no question Thursday and Friday's numbers could be a catalyst for a substantial move in the Treasury market.

Joe Lavorgna

The concern I have as much as anything are the financial ramifications this case is going to have. I don't know whether we're going to prevail or they are, but there's a possibility that someone is going to have to pay a substantial amount of money.

Carlton Flatt

The only time the commissioner can do that is when there is a substantial health and safety threat. It is a fundamentally different bill than when they started.

Allen Gilbert

I would say Roy Furman is a very substantial, very intelligent financial partner in this enterprise.

Charles Millard

The company is making slow but steady progress in refocusing its products on e-business, an area where the company clearly has technology to apply but has yet to establish a strong market presence or a substantial revenue contribution.

Drew Brosseau

Reported a strong, high-quality quarter, with substantial upward revisions to both top and bottom lines.

Laura Conigliaro

If you don't install some type of substantial hurricane protection along the Gulf coast it's going to be very hard to re-assure people. There were some very sound military and economic reasons for the city to be where it was. Now the policy-makers have to decide whether those reasons are enough to keep it there.

Al Naomi

It will create substantial benefits for consumers by generating more choice and will contribute to the long-term health and competitiveness of our North American industry.

Robert Milton

This perhaps won't come as a surprise to teachers; they say 'We do feel boys are less socially aware'. But this is the first evidence that there is a substantial difference in the ability to read emotions.

David Skuse

The previous talks helped all parties accomplish a 'word-to-word' goal, and the new round will enter the stage of 'action-to-action', and there will be more substantial discussions.

Shen Jiru

Peoria is already the 10th largest inland port in the country. Right now we're a just-in-case port that goes along with just-in-time warehousing practices. We want to grow into being a substantial port.

Jim Mcconoughey

There is a substantial change sweeping the country and the way in which business schools are responding to it. It used to be that your average MBA was an engineer who found engineering was more fun in school than in the field. He or she came to business school to make a career change.

Jim Fisher

This expansion reflects the substantial growth The Midland Company has experienced in recent years. The new building and the new training opportunities it represents will help keep us at the forefront of the industry.

John Hayden

The president's still got substantial approval and popularity among the conservative base in this country, and this is one of the most important issues for that group. I don't think this is a winning issue for Democrats, and I suspect that the president feels very comfortable making this decision based on what philosophically and substantively is right for the country.

Leonard Leo

Allow substantial loss of habitat for species that depend on older forests.

Daniel Hall

I expect some correction in the shares after yesterday's substantial rebound. I believe the market is not strong enough to sustain the jump, with investors also likely to take profits today.

Conita Hung

With this, Germany will once again be world champion in exports, and foreign trade will again make a substantial contribution to the economy.

Anton Boerner

The good news is that we can make a very positive difference in ecosystem services by 2050. The caveat is those policies and practices are not widespread at the present time, and substantial changes in policies and practices would have to be made in order to implement the beneficial ones at the global scale.

Stephen Carpenter

Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?

Peg Bracken

I think it is great news that the site that was selected -- which is in a floodplain, is the most expensive site by probably $100 million, will likely run deficits every year, has very inconvenient parking, extremely difficult ingress and egress and won't be available to build on for two-plus years, adding millions more to the cost -- has EPA issues that are not substantial.

John Schnatter

There is substantial further advance looming now on the heels of this move. There are a couple of things that could show up down the road that we should keep our eye on.

Joseph Mcalinden

Even on a relatively low level, some provisions for a substantial severance package can be included.

James Johnston

I can see that my players are eager to win this time, and win we must in order for us to retain substantial hope for qualification.

Otto Rehhagel

We are fully committed to this state and are excited about the opportunity to design and develop a first-class resort at our Biloxi site that will complement our substantial entertainment offerings in northwest Mississippi. This agreement is a significant step toward the rebuilding of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Anthony Sanfilippo

I've never brought a lawsuit for delaying tactics in my life. I'm absolutely convinced there were several very substantial constitutional violations in Prop. 71.

David Llewellyn

Although the market environment did not improve meaningfully from the fourth quarter, the targeted actions we took to re-size our businesses are having a substantial positive impact on our financial performance.

Stanley O'neal

We believe the adverse impact to our business has been substantial, with even greater impact this past month.

Craig Conway

Whether he had a corrupt motive, he certainly had to know that there was a very substantial risk of somehow derailing the Plunder Dome prosecution at a very critical time.

Robert Clark

[It] makes more financial sense for Disney to do substantial but smaller acquisitions.

Jordan Rohan

It's just a situation where he's run out of time on PUP active status. He had some more surgery done on that knee. They took out a plate and screws. Both (head coach Dick Vermeil) and I saw it and it was pretty substantial. I don't know how he moved around with that.

Carl Peterson

Right now, they tend to have a different customer base. But there is bound to be a convergence. Eventually we will have substantial overlap.

Alan Mak

The breadth and depth of the Home Depot victory over Lowe's is pretty substantial.

John Zogby

I believe that there will be a very substantial, perhaps even a two-thirds majority, for constitutional change and the modernization of our system of government in the next Parliament.

Paddy Ashdown

BP is committed to communities where we have a presence, ... And here in Wood River, where BP has called home for many years, we are very interested in the opportunity to turn this property back into a substantial economic development for the benefit of the residents of Wood River because it's good for the environment, good for business and the right thing to do.

Howard Miller

Our database is growing by a substantial amount on a daily basis. We cannot keep 10 or 15 years of data in our production environment, but because we have to meet the legal requirements of 27 different countries, I have to maintain data and make sure it's accessible for a certain period of time to meet local statutory requirements.

Lois Hughes

That's a substantial increase over last year, ... White students increased by their composite score by 34 points. That's encouraging as well.

Pat Burns

We believe we could make a substantial offer to the people in New Orleans to come to Pittsburgh, ... This is a bold statement on the part of all of us from Pittsburgh, to say, 'Come, and we are going to open our arms and doors to you.'

Tom Murphy

For the horse people, the facility will be a substantial improvement and everything will be new.

John Eickman

I want to remind the people in Port Arthur and Southeast Texas that as lawmakers, we are just as frustrated as they are about the special session. But I do think we have made substantial progress since the regular session.

Tommy Williams

The 10 billion barrels would be a substantial amount if there were a basis for it, and there's not at this point.

David Shields

Our resources stretched beyond past -- not over yet. Winds pick up today and another red flag warning today. We just gotta have some substantial rain to stop this.

Danny Alexander

We have a minimum amount of risk for a really substantial reward.

Patrick Ryan

Walgreen can offer Peapod a number of advantages, including substantial experience in selecting and merchandising health and beauty products, and cost advantages due to our product volumes and efficiencies, ... We believe that our combined efforts in San Francisco will yield a strong consumer offering.

David Brenner

The Final Report in the FBI files matter concludes that there was no substantial and credible evidence that any senior White House official, or First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, was involved in seeking confidential Federal Bureau of Investigation background reports of former White House staff from prior administrations of President Bush and President Reagan .

Robert Ray

That breakdown has been getting stronger, stronger and stronger. He feels we can't try the case the way it should be tried. He has had substantial disagreements with us all along the way.

Kevin Griffin

I do not agree that we weren't close to a settlement. I believe everybody was acting in good faith. And I had believed we had made substantial progress.

Aaron Podhurst

The impact that these geese are having is substantial — not just on our lakes and ponds but on our ball fields, ... We have to figure out how to share with the geese rather than concede to them the whole town.

Bruce Barber

The cost savings when you put two of these companies together may be substantial. But it ultimately comes down to when these companies want to sell.

James Ellman

I think the re-registration of the company will bring substantial tax revenue to St Petersburg.

John Mann

It's the perfect storm of variables that is converging for this game. People have been anticipating this game since the start of the season, and the buildup has been substantial.

Sean Pate

I think we had been as focused as you can get from any group for a substantial period of time. The schedule is demanding, but you can't ever use these things as an excuse. We got a little bit away from the basics and when you play a little tired, whether it's mentally or physically, you can't get away from what makes your game go. When you do that, you make mistakes.

Lou Lamoriello

Substantial financial institutions on the ground (is important). I would never recommend to a client a small bank that has no affiliation with a larger institution.

Michael Payton

The necklace is just so pretty, and it's regarded as the first substantial gift he gave her. Nobody knew it even still existed.

Susan Mogerman

We're talking about a fairly substantial proportion of boys. One in five boys is worse than [most] girls.

David Skuse

We have seen a substantial increase in the cost of our raw materials, especially coking coal, iron ore pellets and scrap.

Davinder Chugh

It is clear from our inspection and reviews that the department has made substantial improvements that have strengthened the non-immigrant visa process since Sept. 11.

John Lange

We have a lot of alumni that work at GE, or worked at GE, and a lot of them have built up a substantial amount of wealth through their GE stock.

Tom Gutenberger

Completely automating your plant is a substantial investment. But over time, the efficiencies produced from automation pay off. The MCPX trade show allows our members to see and touch the latest products and technologies — both European and domestic — in order to make decisions about the future of their plants.

Ty Gable

AT&T aided the NSA in intercepting all or a substantial part of communications going over their network. We don't exactly know what the NSA is doing with that data.

Kevin Bankston

Offering this type of selective incentive instead of a substantial pay raise for teachers across the board is like trying to put the icing on a cake that has yet to be baked.

Linda Bridges

We would like to see some of that money spent as pay-as-you-go for capital expenditures. We are so far behind both in our growth for capital outlay and meeting class size that we've got to come up with some substantial dollars in this year, and that would be one way to do it.

Wayne Blanton

These numbers reflect real and substantial progress, ... They are the product of several aggressive management decisions that were intended to get the default problem under control.

Richard Riley

The foundation's work is very largely focused on the Houston metropolitan area, ... It will be important for me to engage with that community in a substantial way, and I think it's important for us to live there.

Larry Faulkner

You can draw a fault line down the borders between Western Canada and Ontario east and see a fairly substantial difference.

Warren Jestin

All the preclinical data suggest this is a safe procedure with substantial information suggesting a possible treatment effect.

Charles Cox

For consumer spending to be sustained at any meaningful pace you need a more substantial improvement in payrolls.

Rick Egelton

Our traffic management is substantial and works quite well.

Jeff Siegel

I would have to characterize it as a substantial discount off the retail price.

Dwayne Johnson

The Latin American populists like Chavez have a very limited capacity to do anything that threatens substantial harm to our interests, so it's key in those cases not to overreact.

Andrew Bacevich

Should the dollar price of oil continue to soar as oil supply from the world's major oil producers is threatened, a substantial increase in the rand-denominated value of imports could follow.

Shireen Darmalingam

They're a nation with different needs. A substantial portion of their population lives under the poverty level. We live in a very prosperous country, ... Hats off to the kids (from Zimbabwe) for standing up and doing what they did. Zimbabwe had done a really nice job meeting the pressing needs in their country.

Robert Wyatt

Express is well into the process of a substantial transformation and is proving itself as a significant dual-gender, high-quality apparel brand. While much hard work needs to be done, we believe the opportunities for growth across our brands are significant.

Ceo Leslie Wexner

I?m not even sure I?d go into a reformed House of Lords. But let?s put it like this, the decision would have been easier had there been not even complete reform but a substantial stride.

Neil Kinnock

Rising energy prices will further subtract from already-falling real income growth in Japan. In our view, a one or two percentage point subtraction from the growth rate of consumer demand at the margin will prove catastrophic to all hopes of substantial economic expansion.

Carl B. Weinberg

There is a substantial and very obvious need for further U.K. port capacity.

Chris Lewis

An American brand. Make sure they're solid so they make you look substantial, not too slight.

David Granger

Substantial loss of life would obviously lead to a decline in economic output but we believe fear of infection, leading to drastically altered behavior, would result in the greatest economic damage.

Rob Carnell

A lot of these properties are in exactly the right place or their construction is unusual. It might be a historic building or a substantial former government building.

Ron Rice

Ironically, online advertising is one arena of online activity in which South Africa has seen more substantial percentage growth than the US over the past four years, and where the growth rate for 2006 is similar to that in the US.

Arthur Goldstuck

Boeing can easily afford this purchase, with nearly $10 billion in cash and marketable securities on hand at the end of the first quarter, and bountiful free cash flow even after substantial pension fund contributions.

Carol Levenson

We're seeing a very substantial shift going on in the market.

Hugh Johnson

They probably need the funds to prepare for a substantial acquisition. The company already has quite a large holding of cash on hand.

Liu Yang

Their number is in the right ballpark. It could have a substantial effect potentially.

Henry Willmore

With dramatic construction cost increases and a drying land supply, Apex may finally see some substantial development activity. Time is now on its side.

John Restrepo

Right on our own border, there is going to be substantial activity in what is probably the last unexplored deposits in the world.

Kirby Jones

Decisions that are made around certain services being considered by the inquiry may have a substantial and material impact on the financial performance of Telstra and its rivals in the industry in coming years.

Tim Smart

It will provide substantial relief for those with very high drug costs and will provide modest relief for millions more.

Bill Novelli

No doubt, Pier 1 has a substantial brand equity, ... My suspicion is that Buffett sees through the current problems and has confidence in whatever new vision and strategy the company is working on that isn't apparent yet to outsiders.

Craig Johnson

You can see from a case like this how the Medicaid system can have a substantial impact on county budgets.

Paul Larrabee

Sex is alive and well in America. There are a substantial number of people who are having lots of sex.

Fritz Wentzel

It could make a substantial difference. The estimates ... have suggested that you might be able to cut mortality roughly in half.

Frederick Hayden

GE Capital might be able to declare certain defaults. Delta believes that maintaining the GECC agreements would be of substantial assistance in managing its business.

Marshall Huebner

For over two years, we have been responsive to the FDA's request and provided substantial information to the investigators.

Jeff Morris

That can be a substantial number of people.

Gary Sherer

Air Force Two being a great one, being able to pick and choose issues at the White House that you can foster the lead on, using the Rose Garden as a backdrop, going up to Congress, being president of the Senate, tons of very, very, very substantial roles that you use symbolically to show folks that you really are a leader.

Ron Kaufman

All I knew is he was wanted by the Marine Corps and had been for a substantial amount of time. His reason, their reasons, that's not my concern. It's not my job to judge these people. It's just my job to take them into custody.

G.r. Gray

Animals kept by humans for any substantial length of time are generally ruined. They can't be reintroduced into the wild. So when we seize them, they have to be placed at an educational facility or some other type of facility that is licensed to care for them.

Todd Nims

3Com has not been immune to the trends affecting the telecom sector, ... However, we believe this sector has substantial long-term growth opportunities and we are investing accordingly. In addition, our Commercial and Consumer Networks business posted a second consecutive quarter of sequential sales growth.

Bruce Claflin

Based on telemarketing over the past two weeks, the response has been quite substantial.

Stephen Cadiz

This country is on the verge of facing a substantial shortage of physicians.

Michael Whitcomb

This trend in sea surface temperature that's sort of relentlessly rising and the hurricane intensity that's relentlessly rising (means that) it's with some confidence we can say that these two things are connected and that there's probably a substantial contribution from greenhouse warming.

Judith Curry

We, in this country, have believed by a substantial majority that cloning human beings is not right and should not be done. We certainly have all seen the rejections of Nazi Germany's abuses of science. As a society and a nation, there ought to be some limit on what we can allow or should allow.

Jeff Sessions

We know the losses are substantial. In 1995, they were about $1.8 billion. That was in all 58 California counties. We have 41 counties part of this (disaster) declaration. We know the damage in some of these areas is even more severe than it was in 1995.

Richard Andrews

Any substantial improvement to that intersection needs to go through our public process and get in line with everything else. We have a lot of requests for this part of the state. This one hasn't come up before, so it needs to get on the radar screen.

Richard Reynolds

Significant investments throughout 2006 and an improving employment environment should produce substantial earnings growth over the next few years.

Mark Marcon

The situation in Central America is bad and we are terribly concerned for the people. The companies are doing everything they can to assist government agencies in their relief efforts. We have not been able to assess just how extensive the damage is, but the effects on the U.S. and European banana markets is going to be substantial.

Robert Moore