Sentence examples for great staking from inspiring English sources

With the well-publicized Kinross takeover of Underworld — worth nearly 140 million Canadian dollars, with Ryan and Wood taking about $6 million for themselves — the great staking rush in the Yukon started in earnest.

Abraham Lincoln successfully waged war for great stakes.

"Neither side has blinked and they're playing for great stakes".

Finally, China has a very great stake in Pakistan, which is indeed China's only real ally in the world.

Now that they are there, they have a great stake in assuring the continuity of the regime that facilitates their investment".

While Rock lopped, I cleared away the long vitex stems, thinking what great stakes they would make for my pea fence -- and stopped short.

Of course, Visa has a great stake in Internet sales, where credit cards are the predominant means of payment.

Given its pivotal position, the United States has a great stake in the maintenance of regional security and stability.

@lancearmstrong, a man who some once made an argument for in the all-time great stakes, sends 69th birthday wishes to a rider whose status as the sport's greatest is now almost undisputed.

That, she said, would give other nations a greater stake in what happens there.

Wasike is keen for tenants to take a greater stake in the upkeep of their homes.