Meanings of need substantial in English

We will need substantial government intervention to make Cape Town's water supply sustainable.

Mr Chaudhry said many farmers were likely to need substantial assistance.

You'll need substantial finger strength, but the payoff is free beer.

Despite having oil, South Sudan will need substantial foreign aid.

You'd think any new manager would need substantial backing to even maintain the status quo.

Devolution must be the way forward for the country, and all areas need substantial power and funding.

Shepherds are just too big and the razorbirds would need substantial reprogramming to fly in zero gravity.

The higher costs are exacerbated when the communities are poorer and less educated, meaning telecoms firms need substantial incentives to connect them.

Irish beef farmers are facing a "potential Armageddon" from Brexit and will need substantial EU compensation for losses, the Irish Farmers' Association has said.

The home also needed substantial electrical rewiring and new gas and water mains installed.

The company, which currently employs 140 people, needs substantial investment.

Your eyes, your face, your bone structure, your build, your skin tones; all needed substantial alteration.

However, the evidence base needs substantial strengthening.

The ship needed substantial repairs because sea salt had speeded up the corrosion of its iron framework.

Furthermore, RNZ needs substantial investments in digital technology and essential upgrades deferred in the years of frozen funding.

One hand rested upon the keys of the typewriter as if to show how little she needed substantial support.