Sentence examples for as a big player from inspiring English sources

Garcia's win will help reestablish him as a big player in the talented and deep welterweight division.

But despite its status as a big player in online video, the company currently makes little in the way of profit.

Third, Barack Obama's uncertain international leadership and the reappearance of Russia as a big player in the region has made it, once again, an arena for proxy wars.

Moscow is back as a big player in the Middle East, while Washington looks humbled, a shadow of the great power that once dominated events in the region.

However, while Ubben says he generally tries to work with chief executives, ValueAct was seen as a big player in forcing Steve Ballmer out of the door as Microsoft's CEO in 2013.

If so, how could that happen to an organisation still thought of as an immovable pillar in our culture and widely praised around the world as a big player?

As expected, they have a big player on their side now: Google Reader.

The Farc, which stands for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, began as a peasant revolt, became a big player in the cocaine trade and at its strongest had 20,000 fighters.

But when a big player such as France says no, politicians start looking for ways to accommodate Paris.

Europe is a big player too, as Boston is the closest major international US airport to the continent.

This was his sixth season in the league and his ninth as a bigger player.