Sentence examples for have a sizeable stake from inspiring English sources

The powerful are locked in a battle for control of Chechnya's large illicit oil trade, in which the Russian army is believed to have a sizeable stake.

Fellow mid-cap oil driller Premier Oil, which has a sizeable stake in a Kenyan block, joined Tullow 2.8p higher at 77.65p.

In southern Europe it has a sizeable stake in Italy's Credito Bergamasco, a middling-sized bank; and in July it took control of Spain's Banco Comercial Espanol.

Carnival-watchers in the financial press are busy peering at masks, trying to discern who may be lining up against him.Not I, insists Vincent Bolloré, a French financier rumoured to have accumulated a sizeable stake in the Italian bank.

No matter how many cuttings you take, you'll still have a sizeable plant left over.

"We will have a sizeable crowd at that game.

"They have a sizeable footprint in the US, they have to be there for big corporations".

TPG, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs still own a sizeable stake in BK, despite listing it on the New York Stock Exchange in 2006.

The airline has also proposed selling a sizeable stake in its maintenance and technical arm and converting its cargo operation into a separate unit.

[C2.] US Airways Repurchases Stake From a Federal Agency US Airways said it would pay $115.8 million to buy stock warrants that had given the federal government a sizeable stake in America West, which merged with US Airways last week.

While many of his colleagues have moved into wealth management, Joyce remained in equity trading, building a sizeable stake in the company during that time.