Sentence examples for overall stakes from inspiring English sources

I don't mind if most episodes revolve around blatantly convenient MacGuffins, but a show can only do that if the characters, their relationships and the overall stakes matter.

The sales represent a small portion of Berkshire's overall stake in Moody's.

These shares have diminished voting power so his overall stake in the club equates to around 1.9 per cent.

In the deal announced Monday, the Russian government sold its options, proportional to its overall stake in the bank of 75 percent, to the sovereign wealth funds and other investors.

One option, which illustrates how Deutsche Telekom's $50.7 billion offer for VoiceStream is unlikely to satisfy the company's appetite for expansion, would be to acquire one or more additional telecommunications companies, either in the United States or elsewhere, worth as much as $100 billion, which would lower the German government's overall stake.

In the first instance, existing shareholders are normally offered enough additional shares to maintain the size of their overall stake.

Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung's overall stake in the club has dropped from 24.9% to 23.3% after £3.63m was raised by selling shares.

The money has mostly come from as-yet-unnamed institutional investors, but founding stakeholder I.P. Group has added £800,000 ($1.6 million) to the pot, lifting its overall stake in Revolymer to 11.2%.

Overall, these stakes involve the community more than the individual vehicle user.

"That was part of the overall high-stakes poker.

The total overall government stake in the company will shrink to about 26 percent, including preferred shares and accounting for stock options given to former G.M. bondholders.