Sentence examples for had a considerable stake from inspiring English sources

The trip also took him away from a mayoral contest in which he had a considerable stake.

We have a considerable stake in the preservation of the present order of the world.

Since the mayoral campaign will culminate in what is seen as the most important vote between now and the next general election, both Brown and his opposite number, the Tory leader David Cameron, have a considerable stake in the outcome, whether the candidates are willing to wave party banners or not.

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican minority leader who has a considerable stake in the unity and enthusiasm of his party next year, said primary campaigns were intended to be hard-fought contests that put candidates through their paces to help voters decide who was best prepared to to run for president.

But when Mr. Moorhead, whose second home is in Sullivan County, spoke out against drilling this month at a hearing of the City Council's committee on environmental protection, he was among fewer than two dozen private citizens who showed up and the only one to testify, even though the city has a considerable stake in such drilling north of the city line.

County governments will have a considerable stake in the success of the changing healthcare environment.

Softbank already has a considerable stake in the Internet, with 72% of computer publisher Ziff-Davis zd, 29% of leading portal Yahoo and 27% of online brokerage E*Trade egrp.

These are issues in which Britain, still a full member of the European Union, has a considerable interest and stake.

We had a considerable fight.

(Pushkin already had a considerable reputation).

BP has a considerable equity stake in 9 of the 10 biggest discoveries in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.