1.   The results of the study give substance to their theory.

2.   Both sides shall give real substance to the agreement on the creation and work of cultural centres and fully exploit them.

3.   His lordship was attractive enough to give substance to otherwise tenuous connections.

4.   And in the course of the war, the Kabila government gave substance to their concerns by enlisting the interahamwe in its fight.

5.   Both of those findings gave substance to the fears of some market observers that online brokerage firms will do anything to keep investors trading.

6.   Fortunately they have a role model in a black lieutenant, played by Courtney Vance, who somehow manages to give some substance to a rote role.

7.   Gov. Howard Dean, a native New Yorker himself, stood foursquare behind Sugarbush, and so gave substance to his oft-lyricized passion for skiing and boarding.

8.   It is within their power to give substance to their protestations that they are devoted to public service.

9.   Soon, he sought local and state data from DHS that gave substance to the anecdotal stories.