Sentence examples for staked time from inspiring English sources

For Mr. Douglas, who is known as a consummate professional and who, at 66, has performed in more than three dozen films, the dual awards campaign appears to be less about the limelight than about keeping commitments to the several hundred people who staked time, money and reputation on his latest two pictures.

In Mali French interests were directly at stake, time was short, a political consensus backed intervention, and the Malian government had asked France for help.

Just like most made-for-television cooking competitions, "The Final Table" is predicated on high-stakes, time-limited food challenges.

While there will still be high-stakes, time-sensitive issues like beating a competitor to market with a new product, acknowledge that endurance is the goal, and speed is not the best or only metric of long-term success.

Initial interpretations of maps become particularly important in the context of decision-making during high-stakes, time-pressure crisis situations when reliance on affective heuristics, or intuitive feelings about the map, is likely to be high (Finucane et al. 2000).

But Jodie's arrival in prime time staked out territory later explored on "Ellen" and "Will and Grace".

Pardijs said bids would be for a minority stake in Nuon, with the investor able to take a majority stake over time.

Controlling shareholders should lower their stakes over time.

And the stakes this time around are even higher.

"We will reduce our majority stake over time.

But with real money at stake this time, the parties are ready to fight Detroit-style.