In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interests are at stake.    From LearnThat.org.  [Aristotle]

A stake in the company's future.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The corner of the lot was indicated by a stake.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

I will stake my good reputation for this.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

stake your goat.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

stake out the path.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

If the queen practices polyandry, her stake is less.    From Wordnik.com.  [At What Level did this Evolve?] Reference

It is the future of our planet that is in stake here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama near climate change accord with China, others] Reference

At stake is the £250m a year the British spend on gum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

The mans, him which drive the stake, is nevaire no more.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Daughter of the Aurora] Reference

Brazil's biggest stake is here in neighboring Argentina.    From Wordnik.com.  [Burgeoning Brazil Seeks Profits Beyond Its Borders] Reference

What's at stake is money, family homes and neighborhoods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tainted Foreclosures Concern State Judges] Reference

There is too much at stake from a culture war perspective.    From Wordnik.com.  [2010 April - Telic Thoughts] Reference

But what's at stake is whether America is going to be fine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary plagiarized her moving closing statement] Reference

Hulu is not offering the labels a stake in ownership, though.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Holding off on the Smith Barney stake is viewed as less likely to occur.    From Wordnik.com.  [Morgan Stanley May Delay Boost in Smith Barney Stake] Reference

Defending others privacy with actual personal gain at stake is laudable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Licensing is Anti-Competitive — This Time, Its Personal] Reference

At stake is the United States 'reputation as the world's lone superpower.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time to End the Korean War] Reference

Ebay bought the stake from a former (disgruntled?) craigslist employee —.    From Wordnik.com.  [EBay-Craigslist Fight Is About Kijiji and Control, Complaint Shows - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

The cost of its full stake is 1.45 billion euros, according to the company.    From Wordnik.com.  [LVMH Takes Stake in Herm] Reference

The stake is as big as the conflict, and the conflict is a world convulsion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The War] Reference

The stake is the welfare of our children now, and the future of our country.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Makes a Good School?] Reference

At stake is around £30m of lottery money, once distributed by the film council.    From Wordnik.com.  [Film Council's closure claims its first big victim as Screen East agency folds] Reference

Ownership is financially a simpler option versus buying a short-term stake in a car.    From Wordnik.com.  [Khaleej Times : UAE News]

Another 5% stake is owned by employees and U.K. airports operator BAA Ltd. holds 4%.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.K. Air-Traffic Controller Eyes Global Expansion] Reference

Clinton warns US has 'no long-term stake' in Afghanistan (AFP) (Nov 15 2009 20: 05 GMT).    From Wordnik.com.  [We Blog A Lot] Reference

A lord, with what they call a stake in the country, I may open my mouth and -- bless me!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ernest Maltravers — Complete] Reference

Emaar, in which the Dubai government has a 32.5 percent stake, is seeing its profits climb.    From Wordnik.com.  [World’s Tallest Building to be Over 160 Stories | Impact Lab] Reference

At stake is nothing less than the performance of our youth and the prosperity of our country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Education: The Door to Prosperity] Reference

For this woman to say that event organizers "tried to burn me at the stake", is way over the top.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman Rejected From Judging Beauty Pageant For Wiccan Beliefs] Reference

Oppenheim shareholders would have the option getting a long-term stake in its German subsidiary, Sal.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Seventy per cent of our population has no long-term stake in the success of the community they live in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cayman Net News Daily Headlines] Reference

At stake is the scope of the National Assembly to legislate over the “right to buy” for council tenants.    From Wordnik.com.  [The last word] Reference

Once you accept the posit of a lottery with infinite expected value, the size of the finite stake is irrelevant.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Sort of God Would Allow This?] Reference

Dutch state pipeline operator Gasunie has joined the project, taking a 9 percent stake from the German partners.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forbes.com: News] Reference

I would put a bet on it, but as my top stake is a ten shilling note, it's been a little difficult to do that recently.    From Wordnik.com.  [RAGE AGAINST THE BAN] Reference

At stake is the viability of our federal system, as well as our capacity and, indeed, our willingness to pursue common goals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario and the Constitutional Proposals] Reference

Does this mean that the U.S. government is going to have a permanent long-term stake in these banks, and that we are on the road to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richmond.com - Main] Reference

At stake is the personal interest of the plaintiffs in admission to public schools as soon as practicable on a nondiscriminatory basis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

Corner cutting when peoples lives are at stake is a bad idea. corner cutting is what causes industrial accidents, and cars that explode.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Frist and Hastert Let Vaccine Industry Write Its Own Multi-Billion Dollar Giveaway] Reference