Sentence examples for eager for a slice from inspiring English sources

In the 1990s, foreign investors were eager for a slice of Brazil's energy market.

MARK VIERA EAGER FOR A SLICE FOR FAME The drudgery of training camp and the "honor" of opening the preseason with an extra exhibition game does not seem to bother some members of the Dallas Cowboys and the Cincinnati Bengals.

The decision had long been feared by preservationists eager to save a slice of Los Angeles history.

They had backing from other Silicon Valley investors eager to bring a slice of younger, innovative and relatively affordable San Francisco-style cuisine to downtown Palo Alto.

Those calls came from corporations eager to get a slice of business from a Pentagon that will spend $78 billion next year on weapons -- out of a total 2006 budget that is just more than $400 billion -- as well as from a Department of Homeland Security that has a $32 billion budget for next year.

Precisely because of the extraordinary profits they promise, entrepreneurs and investors are only too eager to gain a slice.

While Alibaba dominates China's e-commerce industry, its rivals are still eager to grab a slice of the rapidly-growing market.

Western banks, eager to get a slice of the region's oil wealth in any form, were happy to go along.

Blaze Pizza is facing fierce challenges from other upstart pizza chains eager to grab a slice of the pie.

It's a difficult thing when the foreign Internet companies are eager to get a slice of the market.

But many new arrivals were eager to own a slice of American land, and colonias were the only option they could afford, de la Rosa told me.