Sentence examples for a wager for from inspiring English sources

God and Lucifer exist, but they've made a wager for the souls of mankind.

On February 21 , 1804 that engine won a wager for Homfray by hauling a load of 10 tons of iron and 70 men along 10 miles of tramway.

Until the companies break their silence, people are likely to keep speculating that Nexus One isn't just a gamble for Google; it's also a wager for HTC.

Card games: In table games with cards, you can also make a wager for the dealer on the next hand.

It is anticipating production on a scale never attempted before with a monoclonal antibody, a costly wager for a drug still being tested and likely years from approval.

Because of the healthy impulses of Mitt Romney, then the governor of Massachusetts, who turned down a wager of cheese steaks for lobster on the outcome of the 2005 Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots, Mr. Rendell was forced to do something he would never do outside the shower.

The top price has gone but there is still 16-1 to be had in places and that looks a decent wager for a horse that will love the ground and stepping back up in trip to three miles plus.

This is a country that loves its racehorses as much as it does a wager, and for five days this week, Royal Ascot will bring together bookies and bettors, as well as fashion and tabloid stars.

At 9-1, Champagne Fever already looks a tempting wager for the Neptune Novices' Hurdle at the Festival.

Philip Pullman, back in the children's ghetto having made the Booker longlist, seems a safer wager for the children's book with The Amber Spyglass, the last of the His Dark Materials trilogy.

E-gaming has become a dominant player in Gibraltar's booming economy, but British Prime Minister David Cameron's pledge to hold a referendum on Britain's permanence in the European Union by 2017 represents an unwelcome wager for Gibraltar, whose economic welfare depends on the territory remaining a part of the EU.