Let $F$ be a vector subspace of $E_{n}$ of dimension $n-p$, where $1 \leqslant p \leqslant n-1$. We now assume that $A_{s} \in \mathcal{S}_{n}^{++}(\mathbb{R})$. Show that if $X \in \mathcal{M}_{p,1}(\mathbb{R})$ is non-zero then $X^{\top} N^{\prime\top} A N^{\prime} X > 0$.