Sentence examples for stakes on the table from inspiring English sources

Gamblers and statisticians share a love of odds, though the stakes on the table couldn't be more different between the two.

But he would have done it anyway, since he would play stark naked in a coalhole if there was a stake on the table.At 60, shockingly gaunt from throat cancer and with his voice reduced to a rasp, he found himself back in Belfast, cadging money from friends for a drink and a copy of the Racing Post.

A potential sale of its Verizon Wireless stake has been on the table for Vodafone since 2004, when the company was considering an exit from the US market leader in order to buy AT&T wireless.

Of course, if a knock-out bid for a controlling interest is on the table, Sodiaal may be persuaded to give up its 50 percent stake.

Economic and behavioral research before Karlan and Ayres considered the effectiveness of the model, and their own testing found that people who put stakes (money or reputation) on the table are far more likely to achieve any goal they set for themselves.

What came through in his speech to a joint session of Congress and a national television audience Tuesday night was a dramatic reminder of the unbelievable stakes he has placed on the table in his first month in office, putting at risk the future well-being of the country and the Democratic Party's control of Washington.

Lots of people pay attention when a stake that big is on the table.

So all these are the stakes that are laid out on the table when you come out at night.

"We don't exclude the possibility that E1 moves from symbolism to something real — the prime minister has raised the stakes and put E1 back on the table".

With stakes running into tens of thousands on the table, Mizner said, "I can't bear to spend Christmas in New York.

With rent, mortgage, family support, and food on the table at stake, it is easy to become nervous and fearful of loss as the days tick by.