Sentence examples for modest stake from inspiring English sources

Vestas plans to take a "modest" stake in some of the projects.

As for small investors, even a modest stake could be excessive; alternatives are recommended to be held in thin proportions — thinner still for any individual strategy.

In America, wealth and retirement savings are much more tied up in the stock market, with a majority of people owning at least a modest stake.

Indicating the punitive nature of the A.I.G. rescue, the suit pointed out that Citigroup received loans at a fraction of the interest rate charged to A.I.G. and that the government took on only a modest stake in the bank.

Building a Business McCann's ability to afford even a modest stake in a Major League Baseball franchise demonstrates how far he has come in amassing a fortune in the flower business.

On a recent Wednesday, a sparse crowd watched the Knicks' game on cinema-size screens (the soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets, of which Jay-Z owns a modest stake, played on smaller ones).

She instead chose a diet of modest stakes races in Florida.

Between hands they exchange chips according to their modest stakes, and by the end of the week they have usually won back whatever they have lost.

Some of McCormack's early deal-making for Palmer was for modest stakes compared with the multimillion-dollar endorsement contracts today's athletes receive.

But don't interpret such modest stakes as scepticism – the-72-year-old American has made it his life's work to listen for life beyond Earth, and, according to the man himself, just isn't the sort to bet a Maserati.

Playing for fairly modest stakes, usually $10 or $20 a side, plus some side trash, Martin usually went home in the afternoon with $200 in his pocket.