Example sentences of "for [art] [n mass] stake in " in BNC.
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| 1 | UNI ran into trouble after borrowing much of the NKr4.7 billion ( $125m ) it paid in 1991 for a 28% stake in Skandia . |
| 2 | British Airways is bidding for a 25% stake in the Australian airline , but will have to fight off challenges from Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand , and a degree of ‘ anti-Pommie ’ feeling Down Under . |
| 3 | US West Inc , which last week was talking about the multimedia database system it is developing with Oracle Corp ( CI No 2,166 ) , is stepping up its commitment to infotainment by agreeing to pay $2,500m for a 25% stake in Time Warner Inc 's Time Warner Entertainment affiliate — in which Toshiba Corp and Japanese trader Itochu Corp each has a stake — to seal a deal under which the two companies will collaborate to develop electronic superhighways — full-service cable networks offering interactive programming , entertainment and information . |
| 4 | On May 17th a partial but telling answer to the first of these questions emerged when US West , one of America 's huge regional Bell telephone companies , said it would pay $1.5 billion for a 25% stake in Time Warner Entertainment ( TWE ) , the cable-TV and film subsidiary of the world 's biggest media conglomerate , whose stars include Mel Gibson ( pictured above ) . |
| 5 | Peek Plc has paid an undisclosed sum for a 41% stake in Chinese traffic control firm Sichuan Modern Control Systems Engineering Co Ltd , part-owned by the Chinese government . |
| 6 | And last month Rewe , a German retailer with a discount arm , paid £23.5m ( $17m ) for a 26% stake in Budgens , a small British chain . |
| 7 | Effix is the holding company of Effix Systemes SA , a software marketing firm where Reuters paid £2.9m for a 35% stake in 1992 . |