1.   Creditors and investors stood to lose vast sums.

2.   It was rumoured that he was a heavy gambler and lost large sums in Monte Carlo.

3.   Like everyone else, ICI was losing significant sums of money on petrochemicals and we had to take a very hard look indeed at where we were going.

4.   But in addition to the practical difficulties of finding stock to borrow, investors could lose vast sums if the stocks continue to defy gravity.

5.   Foreign governments and organizations with money tied up, or perhaps lost, play down the size of their own deposits, but say others may lose substantial sums.

6.   He estimated that if less than half the gambling at a casino is done by people who live outside the state, the state loses substantial sums of money.

7.   In addition to individual investors who have been defrauded, many local governments have lost large sums in recent years and are suing brokerage firms and others.

8.   Or face the shame of losing large sums in public.

9.   Owners of hotels that house casinos are disconsolate, fearing that they will lose huge sums.

10.   The list of creditors who could lose large sums in the bankruptcy of the Foundation for New Era Philanthropy include more than half a dozen financial figures.