Some companies are taking sizable risks.

Even though public opinion was divided, lawmakers took what many acknowledge to be a sizable risk by refusing to ratify the deal.

However, Exmouth had taken a sizable risk by demanding acceptance by force, because the fleet had actually fired off all of its ammunition.

But getting in bed with corporate America carries sizable risks.

Yet development also carries sizable risks.

One reason it took so long was that Curtis had to weigh the sizable risk of alienating stylists by mass-marketing a salon-style product.

It is a wager with sizable risks, looming even larger if China's economy stalls.

This effect is strong enough that when smokers with a history of psychiatric problems give up cigarettes, they run a sizable risk of relapsing into depression.

In fact, whenever something like the Larry Portfolio looks different from whatever the Dow or the Nasdaq are doing, there is sizable risk of regret.

But betting $136 million in the hopes of an exception is a sizable risk.