substantial asset

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandasset

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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asset
noun
uk
/ˈæs.et/us
/ˈæs.et/
a useful or valuable quality, skill, ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandassetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubstantial asset

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Clearly, it affects bankrupts who have asubstantialassetin the form of a home in which they live.
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After all, we are here dealing with the goodwill which has been built up for 14 years or more—a verysubstantialasset.
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They recognise that the dogs may be asubstantialasset.
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They showed that even £1,000 can make a significant difference to people's attitude to saving and is asubstantialassetfor people on low incomes.
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Our financing of the plantations has created asubstantialasset.
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For most people, water is the mostsubstantialassetthat they use each day.
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It takes an entrepreneurial attitude towards the future and gives young people the chance to own asubstantialasset.
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It is a mostsubstantialassetin other ways.
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Furthersubstantialassetsales would not be consistent with the assurances.
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Is it not a fact that this is asubstantialasset, and that it is not a trading loss at all?
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Thesubstantialassetin the marriage, therefore, can already go to the wife in appropriate cases, at least for her occupation.
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After all, our goodwill which we have achieved is a valuable andsubstantialasset, which is not sufficiently exploited.
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We believe the waterways are asubstantialassetand have an important role in a number of areas such as leisure and tourism, heritage, amenity, conservation, regeneration and transport.
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One of the great advantages of child trust funds is that, for the first time, all children in care will have asubstantialassetby the time they reach 18.
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After a divorce, one party might have got rid of asubstantialassetexplicitly to avoid the other party having his or her rightful dues in the post-marriage settlement.
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There are just as many commercially unsuccessful films made by big corporations with substantial assets as by independent producers with no assets at all.
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He may have substantial assets and be interested in some cause or person and give a lot of money to that cause or person.
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Substantial assets are held in public ownership and the issue should be how to get those assets transferred into private ownership.
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We have heard today and seen in the report what substantial assets there are.
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Clearly, if substantial assets were to be recovered, the situation would improve dramatically.
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