Sentence examples for stakes by from inspiring English sources

After two failed votes, McConnell had hoped to raise the political stakes by adding a high-stakes amendment, including the Israel issue and the American prisoners. .

Those leaks raised the stakes by embarrassing even the pope.

Yesterday Mr Clegg raised the stakes by going much further than Mr Lansley did on Monday.

Fashion photographer Mario Testino has already raised the stakes by renting a house nearby.

He raised the stakes by telling her that he had already raised it with the Queen.

But on this occasion, he was outshone in the finishing stakes by Giorgio Chiellini.

He raised the stakes by promising to resign if he did not win the vote on August 24th.

But he more than any wishful-thinking fan raised the stakes by setting the advanced timetable for success.

Mr. Burge opened the bidding by calling out $58 million and raised the stakes by $1 million increments.

Most novels do this in some form or other, but "The Blue Book" raises the stakes by doing it explicitly.

Mr. Gelb, who previously was the president of Sony Classical, has raised the stakes by talking big.