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It was bit of a gamble on him at the time but, by and large, most people say that Jeremie did very well during his time at the Club.

I think we know that Cole is used to pressure, and despite massive wages, the lack of a transfer fee made it a gamble worth taking.

It's a gamble. The hedge funds are mostly new to Hollywood. They've been warned against trying to run a studio on the cheap.

You know your family better than anyone else does, it might be a gamble, but it's your decision.

And as one analyst pointed out, a bet on these two casino listings could prove to be, well, a bit of a gamble.

we might get bogged down in the mud. Our battalion commander decided to take a gamble.

But pause and reflect. Marriage must always be something of a gamble.

And it's remarkable I think that they decided to let me stay there and probably they felt that it was a bit of a gamble.

Apparently the interest in him was more of a gamble to reiterate City's financial power.

Many thought it was a gamble bringing him in from Real Madrid in January, but Il Fenomeno has proved his critics wrong.

For America's existing allies in the region, that means helping to usher them out even when their successors are something of a gamble.

Abandoning the old British model is a gamble and no-one knows how it will play out in terms of quality.

The secrecy surrounding the trip is a sign of its sensitivenaturalnature as well as the fact that this is a gamble by Washington.

I argued at the time that he ought to let Lehman fail and I still believe that it was a gamble worth taking.

If he does come out, Lee would be a gamble for the Lakers, but one that could pay huge dividends in a couple of years.

I knew the crowd would be tired and bored by the time we got up, but I took a gamble and chose to speak last.

Marriage must always be something of a gamble.

Once considered too expensive, as well as too damaging to the land, exploitation of Alberta's oil sands is now a gamble worth billions.

But plonking an American army in the heart of the Arab world was always a gamble. It demanded the highest seriousness and careful planning.

Their foreign ministers decided those them will at least get a gamble behind closed entrances .

Although his signing is a gamble, but for those who believe that the only veteran to do the replacement team, he is still valuable.

Their foreign ministers decided that they would at least take a gamble behind closed doors.

We always knew that a late start in Malaysia would be a gamble in terms of the weather and the gamble was lost I guess.

The October fuel deal was a gamble: Iran called it an acceptance of its "right" to uranium enrichment.

As such, a fundamental index is really a bet on certain stocks; a gamble that has worked over time but is hardly revolutionary.

If trading enterprises as a gamble, then your wilful disregard of the consequences that holding someone else's gambling on this bet.

One year ago today, the Obama administration took a gamble and forced Chrysler into a Chapter 11 reorganization.

There would be political resonances to such a gamble.

S: Isn't foreign exchange dealing like a gamble? As you described in your example.

You have some big decisions to make. Ask yourself whether you enjoy what you do. If the answer is no, it might be time to take a gamble.

He took a gamble with the bar?

It may not be a doctrine, it should not be a surprise, but nobody can deny that it is a gamble.

'It was a gamble, ' he said.

Considerations of this kind let to a prediction and a gamble.

Only a madman could have taken such a gamble.

To conclude, even though Our target audience is clearly de-fined, introducing a new product is always a gamble.

For Washington, staking out a position on the South China Sea dispute is more of a gamble.

But waging a battle over board seats while offering a lower price for Yahoo could prove to be a gamble for Microsoft.

Life is like a gamble, the important thing is not to give up on ourselves.

Opening a source also is to reduce this group of course of study enter a doorsill, attract talent and collaboration, disclose is a gamble.

The company took a gamble by cutting price of their products, and it paid off.

Our battalion commander decided to take a gamble.

Calling for a taxi can be a gamble. You never know who will show up.

The reason it took such a gamble may well reflect some of the problems of managing a bank's balance sheet in China.

Knowing that climate change could shrivel their harvests, wine growers can plan ahead, but planting for the future can be a gamble.

It has precious few other sources of revenue; and risking yet further sanctions probably seems a gamble worth taking.

And its desperate bail-outs risk mortgaging our future, mostly in a gamble to get re-elected.

There always remains an orbit that to the limited knowledge of man appears as an orbit of pure chance and marks life as a gamble.

Insurance is not meant as a gamble, but an instrument to allow the buyer to reduce incalculable risks.

It is a gamble, and meanwhile ordinary probation services look likely to be squeezed.

But while betting on the dollar has pockets of support, experts say it is still a gamble for individual investors.

Had it been a gamble asking Cole, gingerly stepping back from injury, to change the game-plan?

Other employers are paying less into their funds and taking a gamble that the equity market will deliver the rest.

Marriage is certainly a gamble so is the bringing into existence of children, who could prove sad liabilities.

In essence, he notes, buyers rent property from bankers, in return for a gamble on the upside.

That seems like a gamble more central banks are willing to make.

Subprime lending is a gamble between financial institutions and borrowers, betting for the time and probability of borrowers' fink -out.

Net TV is still more of a gamble.

But if dethroning the Celtics is the organization's uppermost motivation, then it's a gamble well worth taking.

All the same, the government's bet that the private sector will generate growth as the public sector retrenches remains just that: a gamble.

This is like a gamble. If you say it out, and you cannot become his girlfriend, neither will you be his normal friend.

But if you are a U. S. investor looking to take a gamble on the Irish, watch out.

The move is a gamble and the initial Scottish government response was predictably contemptuous.

But funneling profit from still-cash-rich oil refining into Showa Shell's solar operations is a gamble .

Mining in Afghanistan looks like a gamble in more ways than one.

Still, standing pat also represents a gamble for the administration.

But it is also a gamble: that the private sector will become an engine of growth as public-sector spending falls.

As a gamble, I have always been attracted to Las Vegas.

But it was still a gamble because I liked him when he played against us.

Isn't foreign exchange dealing like a gamble?

Early-stage ventures are in essence a gamble on the entrepreneurs involved.

the money risked on a gamble.

Both parties take a gamble on cheap term life insurance.

Whether they are a gamble, an insurance policy or a money-spinner, guarantees are becoming popular.

Aye, but that's a gamble of luck now, isn't it? There's never a guarantee of coming back. Passing on, that's dead certain.

I'll take a gamble on this experiment.

The election is a gamble for Mr Correa, a young left-wing economist.

Apple's launch of the iPad next week is a gamble in more ways than one.

But Sir Alex Ferguson has decided that with Owen a free agent, it is a gamble worth taking.

It's a gamble, but the city has reportedly anted up $45 billion, more than Beijing spent on the 2008 Olympic Games.

Investing in the stock was a gamble.

Adding a guy to the team would hurt the chemistry a little which is a gamble.

The 2012 Olympics are, in effect, a gamble on reviving the capital's poorest districts.

I think he is taking a gamble investing all her money in stocks.

The government's commitment to cutting so fast is a gamble with an economy that is still weak.

She took a gamble on the expedition.

But, his proposal is a gamble, and one that could hurt News Corp instead of helping it.

It's a kind of a gamble. With my life.

The Suns are taking a gamble should they keep Stoudemire past the trade deadline.

It's a gamble, but if the plane is light you can often get the entire row.

For many, China remains "a gamble market" .

Such participation is a gamble.

It is a gamble, but it could well pay off handsomely.

But it is a gamble that millions of people are willing to take.

But that was a gamble we have now lost.

A movie studio can make more money with a sequel than a gamble on something creative.

I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.

It is more about shrewd buying now in taking a gamble than in discovering somebody.

He lost his money taking a gamble on cards.

In the 1990s, many pension funds made far too big a bet on equities, a gamble that went disastrously wrong in the 2000-02 bear market.

He notes there are five nominees in each category, and those odds make the Oscars a gamble.

Sergio Marchionne reckons that Chrysler can help save Fiat from itself and from Italy. It is a gamble, but one he has to take.

It is a gamble, experts say, and the stakes are high.

So Mr Obama in that respect is a gamble.

On balance, this is a gamble just worth taking-not least because it puts the onus on Mrs Clinton to make it work.

But this is a gamble, which could fail in two ways.

take a gamble on sth.

It is a gamble bred of desperation.

It's a gamble for card companies to lend more to people who are turning to relatively expensive debt because they're cash strapped.

When Google put their faith in Wave, an ambitious new project last year, they knew it was a gamble.

Life is a gamble. 11. Life is a game of chance.

So a gamble it remains.

This is a gamble the team should not take.

Many people lost money taking a gamble on oil shares.

This is a gamble we have to take.

But it is also a gamble.

It's a gamble, but when we sneak one by, wow.

That is a gamble I take because I believe these players will do well.

Democrats and Republicans alike are taking a gamble on health reform

You're taking a gamble on a little sorrow,

Life is a gamble if you're doing it in your way

A risk or hazard; a gamble: