Sentence examples for gamble it from inspiring English sources

Two years ago, for the first time in recent memory, the Philharmonic took a gamble: it announced as its next music director the American conductor Alan Gilbert, then forty years old.

Celtic took a gamble it surely now regrets in thinking that its Nigerian defender, Efe Ambrose, could step out of Africa, where on Sunday night he celebrated the achievement of his life by helping Nigeria win the Cup of Nations; take a 10-hour flight to arrive in Glasgow in the early hours of Tuesday; and then play 90 minutes against the cunning of the top Italian league strikers.

At a time of record teaching budget cuts, it reminds us of quite how big a gamble it was 12 months ago for the coalition to pass its higher education funding reforms, by what is still the closest vote margin it has faced to date.

Nice gamble: It has reaped $450 million selling off tiny parts of its Yahoo stake, and its 28% stake is now worth $8.4 billion.

People could still dedicate a life, gamble it on one throw.

I was really shocked, thinking what a gamble it was," Leyton admits.

Guests were expected to buy the money and then gamble it away, with the proceeds going to the group.

So this is a gamble, but to some publishing executives, not nearly the gamble it seems to be.

"I think in terms of a gamble, it is always a calculated gamble," Daley said of the Bulldogs duo.

Noel Forgeard, the Airbus chief executive, insists the A3XX is not the huge gamble it has been portrayed.

"Given that it is a one-day race, it's quite a gamble - it is a bit of a long shot to go for the win there and anyone who wins will need a little bit of luck in their favour.