<table border=1>
 <tr>
  <td>
   some normal text before the nested table
   <table style="margin-left: 50px; width: 95%" border=1>
    <tr>
     <td >selection of words to pad table cell</td>
	</tr>
   </table>
   some normal text after the nested table
  <td>contents of table cell to right</td>
 </tr>
</table>

<table border>
 <tr>
  <td>
   <table style="width: 120%" border=1>
    <tr>
     <td>
      foo
     </td>
	</tr>
   </table>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>