Sentence examples for controversial stakes from inspiring English sources

Djanogly was forced to publicly declare this week in the parliamentary register that his controversial stakes in the insurance industry have been placed in a "blind trust", after a Guardian investigation revealed that he could personally profit from the bill.

The controversial stake sale came as a surprise for two reasons.

This isn't the first controversial stake by Paddy Power involving President Obama, either.

The Church of England has admitted it will be a "little while" before it can dispose of its controversial £80,000 stake in the payday lender Wonga, and conceded it cannot guarantee that such blunders won't happen again.

BSkyB was tonight considering a possible quick sale of its controversial 17.9% stake in ITV after the court of appeal ruled that it must be more than halved and denied it permission for a further appeal in the long-running saga.

Despite fears he had overpaid for Easynet, it looks as if he has been proved right and he went on to demonstrate a ruthless streak his father would have been proud of, mounting a daring dawn raid on ITV to secure a controversial 17.9percentnt stake in the company to prevent it falling into the hands of Virgin Media.

Their position on geoengineering, which will likely be controversial, was staked out at an invitation-only meeting that ended here today.

Football has had its share of high stakes, controversial, playoff calls, too.

Sky fought against regulatory demands that it reduce its controversial 17.9% stake in ITV, for instance, for more than two years before eventually trimming its shareholding.

An examination of the contract shows that some of the most controversial issues at stake in the strike have yet to be completely decided, with some issues relegated to committees.

Reducing spending is always difficult, and a Republican Party coasting toward a midterm victory has little incentive to stake out controversial positions.