Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adj] profit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ansbacher announced results for the nine months to September 30 showing pre-tax profits of £3.13m compared to a loss in 1991 of £8.23m . |
| 2 | When the arrears are payable , the presumption is that they are to be paid provided there are surplus assets available , whether or not these represent accumulated profits which might have been distributed by way of dividend , but that they are payable only to the date of the commencement of the winding up . |
| 3 | In this way it is possible to derive expected profits from the projects . |
| 4 | For the 12-month period to December 1992 , Reed International lifted pre-tax profits by 28 per cent over 1991 's to £243 million , £4 million up on the forecast in the merger document . |
| 5 | Household appliances and industrial and outdoor products all returned lower profits . |
| 6 | For 1993 , I think we will be able to increase net profit by three or four points , ’ Tordjman said . |
| 7 | However , the effect which co-operative R&D has on R&D spending can actually be larger in less competitive output markets because firms with market power are able to earn supernormal profits , and this increases their incentive to innovate ( see Ordover and Willig , 1985 ; Katz , 1986 ; D'Aspremont and Jacquemin , 1988 ; Kamien et al. , |
| 8 | The main objective of the project is to improve our understanding of the processes by which dominant firms achieve and maintain dominance in their markets and industries ; to explore the determinants of profitability of these firms ( especially the role of investment in R&D ) , particularly where they are apparently able to earn high profits persistently over time ; to evaluate their dynamic efficiency in terms of new products , improved quality and cost-reducing new technology ; and to inform and strengthen the policy analysis of dominant firms . |
| 9 | Life insurers used to be able to show any profit from selling a bond in the year in which they traded it . |
| 10 | Erm but will you make , be able to make much profit on the on your old Chiswick house to be able to buy the Weybridge one , will that be an economic move ? |
| 11 | I am pleased to report pre-tax profits up from £5,531,000 to £5,999,000 . |
| 12 | The company , which is now owned by British Aerospace has made a spectacular recovery from the heavy losses of the mid-eighties to announce pre-tax profits of sixty five million pounds last year . |
| 13 | Is it just to make large profits ? |
| 14 | The directors are accordingly not obliged to maximise current profits in order to satisfy short-term demands for dividends at the expense of a growth in profitability over a longer period . |
| 15 | This means that those with more conventional tastes in hosiery ( and more substantial overheads ) are obliged to take ever-smaller profits while trying to stay ahead of the game and figure out what the next business-machine craze might turn out to be . |