Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: He has a knack for making a simple, cute song more substantial by throwing in a clever, little twist or two.

Modifies a noun

• amount: Cornwall also produced a substantial amount of passion plays during the Middle Ages.

• proportion: But all the same he loses quite a substantial proportion of his income.

• sum: The re-organisation of local government will cost substantial sums.

• saving: Stopping the scheme meant a substantial saving on admin costs.

• contribution: The result has been the growth of a series of ventures, which now together make a substantial contribution to University statistics.

• reduction: A substantial reduction in the top rate of tax 2. ... .

Modifying Another Word

• fairly: This was a fairly substantial piece of action research.

• quite: A senior U.S. official says the " flow has been quite substantial.

• very: Such a development would be of very substantial benefit to the general position of the language.

• already: These refugees bolstered the already substantial Rumanian population of the area.

• rather: There are six deleted scenes, and in a break from tradition they are all rather substantial and entertaining, if not absolutely essential.

• however: There is however substantial interdisciplinary research and collaboration between the research groups.

Infinitive complement

• make: However, despite these problems, demand remains substantial enough to make second-hand textile export a viable option for textile reuse.

Used with adjective complement

• remain: However, despite these problems, demand remains substantial enough to make second-hand textile export a viable option for textile reuse.

• seem: And, nearly everything here is slight enough to make toilet tissue seem substantial.

• look: We ate there and the food was a bit disappointing but maybe we should have tried the all-in-one pies, which looked very substantial.

• make: In the plane of Air, the Weaver may use the raw stuff of Dreams to make substantial, permenant objects.

• find: Checks carried out four years ago found substantial mixing of products.

Preposition: in

• year: Reprographics costs were also substantial in the first year, making up about 10 per cent of the total.