That may require it to hold a sizeable proportion of the small company's stock, perhaps 10-20%.
The Scot was close friends with Magnier and McManus, who then held a sizeable stake in the club.
The revelations led to the belief that Israel held a sizeable nuclear arsenal – a claim Israel has neither confirmed nor denied under its policy of "ambiguity".
Very few legislative races are competitive, and Mr. Davis holds a sizeable lead over his Republican opponent, Bill Simon, giving little incentive for compromise, or even, at times, civility.
Republicans are also likely to regain the governor's mansion: Pat McCrory, the Republican ex-mayor of Charlotte, holds a sizeable lead over Walter Dalton, a Democrat and the present lieutenant-governor.
Reared in England, now a professor at N.Y.U., Robson compares classroom procedures in Britain and the United States during the years when recitation held a sizeable and official slot in the curriculum (roughly 1875 to 1950).
"Obama won in 2008 because he held a sizeable majority of independent voters – precisely the people who are now forming the tea-party movement," said Peter Brown, a pollster at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut.
Neither bank has taken government equity.Northern Rock, in which the British taxpayer holds a sizeable stake, reported a first-half loss of £725m and revealed that the proportion of its mortgages which were more than three months in arrears had risen to 3.9%.
If these initiatives succeed, it means Alibaba and its units may eventually hold a sizeable stake in almost every aspect of daily life for Chinese consumers, from grocery delivery to healthcare.
