(1) February 2015: Vinci, the French company that oversees venues including the Stade de France, named as the stadium operator.
(2) A force of 110 heavily armed officers, led by the elite tactical unit Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion (Raid), launched an assault on a third‑storey flat at 8 rue Corbillon, a few doors down from a primary school and a 15-minute walk from the Stade de France.
(3) Dias was killed on the spot, the sole victim of the Stade de France blasts.
(4) The Arsenal manager painted a vibrant picture of southern passion and of the atmosphere that it generates at the Stade Vélodrome.
(5) At the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, one stop from the Gare du Nord station that will welcome British fans, Didier Deschamps’ exciting side will attempt to pull the country out of the “spiral of negativity” that organisers say has blighted preparations in the opening game against Romania.
(6) He has already scored a hat-trick at Monaco's Stade Louis II ground in helping Atlético beat Chelsea 4-1 in the Uefa Super Cup last August.
(7) If the term psychopathology could be considered identical to psychiatric semiology, the words signs and symptoms go above the descriptive stade: the greek name sumptôma contains sun (with) and piptein (appear), while the word sign is an intellectual deduction of observed symptoms.
(8) The absence of remote metastases was verified by X-ray examinations of the skeleton and bone scintigrams, and stades were divided by means of lymphography.
(9) The match on Saturday between arch-rivals Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Marseille at the Stade de France had been deemed a high-risk event and a first test for organisers of security measures required for Euro 2016.
(10) Chelsea have finally confirmed the arrival of Radamel Falcao from Monaco on a season-long loan with the Croatia international midfielder, Mario Pasalic, moving in the opposite direction to spend the forthcoming campaign at Stade Louis II.
(11) The French public prosecutor, François Molins, revealed on Saturday that the 26-year-old had been charged with terrorism offences after telling investigators he was supposed to blow himself up at the Stade de France, where President François Hollande was watching France play Germany, but backed out at the last minute.
(12) The Spanish side had won 1-0 at the Stade Vélodrome, but Michy Batshuayi levelled the tie just before half-time.
(13) 52 patients with diabetic retinopathy stade III or IV (after Thiel) received on both eyes a photocoagulation treatment.
(14) Defour’s status at his former club fell to pariah and caused a graphic banner to be unfurled when he returned to the Stade Maurice Dufrasne in Anderlecht colours.
(15) These modifications are the more often present in stade 0 (normal radiologic aspect) and do not increase with radiological evolution (stades I, II, III).
(16) Or to Marseille’s Stade Velodrome, into which he carried the colours of Paris Saint-Germain.
(17) Angio-immunoblastic lymphadenopathy, which has been recently individualized, is seen clinically as a stade III or IV haematosarcoma.
(18) This examination permit a knowledge of the in situ stades and permit to make adapted surgical treatment.
(19) I only allow myself to think what it would be like if we were playing in a full house at the Stade de France,” Coleman says.
(20) Diarra lost his cousin Asta Diakité among the more than 130 people killed in Friday’s attacks across the French capital while the former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder was playing for his country at the Stade de France.
Stake
Definition:
(v. t.) To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
(v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.
(v. t.) A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
(v. t.) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
(v. t.) A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
(v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
(v. t.) To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
(v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
(v. t.) To pierce or wound with a stake.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is not clear whether Sports Direct, which has a history of taking strategic stakes in related companies including Debenhams and JD Sports, will now make a bid.
(2) Even so, the release of the first-half figures could help clear the way for the chancellor, George Osborne, to start selling off the taxpayer’s 79% stake in the bank, a legacy of the institution’s 2008 bailout.
(3) The Press Association tots up a total of £26bn in asset sales last year – including the state’s Eurostar stake, 30% of the Royal Mail and a slice of Lloyds.
(4) Shares in the bank have fallen more than 30% since Britain voted to leave the EU and the share closed on Monday at 167p, well below the 502p average price at which taxpayers bought their stake in the bank.
(5) Cobra collapsed into administration in 2009 after which Lord Bilimoria was criticised for using a “pre-pack” deal to buy back a stake in the firm.
(6) Republicans remain wary of a contentious debate on the divisive issue, which could anger their core voters and undercut potential electoral gains in the November elections when control of Congress will be at stake.
(7) But Mr Bolloré, with a 29% stake in Aegis, vowed to keep calling shareholder meetings until he gets his way.
(8) Xenophon’s letter says if State Grid is also allowed to own a huge stake in Ausgrid it raises serious questions about market dominance.
(9) Rawlins bought a stake in Stoke City in 2000, where he'd been a season ticket-holder from the age of five, after selling off his IT consultancy company and joined the board.
(10) They also point to her involvement, between 1999 and 2005, with Computer Associates-Jinchen, a joint venture between an American tech company and a Chinese firm in which China’s ministry of public security reportedly held a 20% stake.
(11) That stake in eight Indonesian coal mines represents 1GT of future carbon dioxide emissions, more than Germany’s annual output.
(12) Buffett’s fortune was briefly boosted by another $5.7bn purely on his personal stake in Kraft Heinz, whose shares rose 10%, while Unilever shares rose 13.4% to a record high.
(13) Despite its 25% stake, BP said it would be wrong to assume that it would obtain a quarter of the expected $100bn worth of revenues.
(14) Most of the money, says WDM, was used to buy shares in Bumi , the troubled London-listed firm co-founded by financier Nat Rothschild that owns large stakes in some of the biggest mining projects in East Kalimantan.
(15) They will not be able to vote out the non-execs because Ashley has that vast stake, but there are occasions when principles are important and this September's AGM will be one of them.
(16) Shell has pulled out of renewables: it retains a small stake in biofuels development, but the company's offshore wind business is no more.
(17) Rupert Murdoch has a battle on his hands to win over leading shareholders in BSkyB, who scent the opportunity for a high-stakes game of brinkmanship and are pushing for a premium price of well over £10bn for full control of the pay-television company.
(18) The future of our children, grandchildren and beyond is at stake.
(19) To maintain its 30% stake the Co-op would need to stump up another £120m, increasing its already high debt levels.
(20) Two years later, the privately held Lovefilm acquired Amazon's UK and German movie rental business, with the online retail giant taking a stake in the business as part of the deal.