While she had a substantial portfolio of work in television and film, Thorne had no experience in professional dancing before being cast.

Two years ago, it embarked on a re-engineering program, designed primarily to shift its focus from building to managing its substantial portfolio of commercial properties.

The Bank accumulated a substantial portfolio of commercial bills which came to be termed the "bill mountain".

Japanese banks, insurance companies and brokerage houses at first merely wanted to build up substantial portfolios, Mr. Okumura said, no matter what the exchange rates were.

Surely your business staff should be demonstrating their in-depth understanding of the financial markets by running substantial portfolios on the side?

Investors with substantial portfolios (in excess of $50,000) should own two or three income-oriented stock funds, Mr. Jacobs said.

To the Editor: Your Feb. 11 front-page article on the increase in stock ownership creates the misimpression that most households have substantial portfolios.

His recent financial disclosure statements suggest that Mr. Ney does not have a substantial portfolio of investments or other assets.

Eight years later, in 1994, she was an investment banker at Schroder Wertheim & Company, with a six-figure salary and a substantial personal portfolio.

By the time he graduated as a Philosophy major in 1972, O'Brien had amassed a substantial portfolio of black-and-white photographs.