Example sentences of "[verb] at a loss " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advice it received from the firm was to bring its loans up to date , in particular the $18m credit line it had given to UMF which , PW noted , had consistently been trading at a loss . |
| 2 | Chairman Peter Bonfield pointed out that most of ICL 's competitors are currently trading at a loss . |
| 3 | Rabbit has been trading at a loss — last year , net losses amounted to $2.6m , down from $3.3m losses in the previous year , on revenues down 20% at just under $7m ; for the first quarter of this year , losses were reduced to $248,000 , from $800,000 , on sales down 13% at $1.6m . |
| 4 | More importantly , any disclosures made in relation to this warranty will highlight fairly accurately whether the Business has been trading at a loss since the Balance Sheet Date — which if true might seriously affect the Purchaser 's willingness to buy the Business . |
| 5 | Further problems with self-investment can occur when a pension fund invests heavily in its parent company 's shares in order to fend off a takeover bid , particularly if those shares are bought at a premium during the bid , and have to be off-loaded at a loss afterwards . |
| 6 | He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down . |
| 7 | The couple were also forced to sell at a loss , the nearby post office and general store , which were also found to be contaminated . |
| 8 | Little clusters of guests were standing about on the cobblestones between the houses , looking at a loss . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , Stevens , ’ he began with a false air of nonchalance , but then seemed at a loss how to continue . |
| 10 | Mr Lewis came to a halt and for a moment seemed at a loss as to how he should go on . |
| 11 | David Thomson felt that , ‘ Hoffman seemed at a loss … in one of his few concessions to the big-salary syndrome . ’ |
| 12 | He seemed at a loss for words , and Ward made no attempt to help him . |
| 13 | Lucie seemed at a loss for words . |
| 14 | says two of the collieries , and are operating at a loss . |
| 15 | Two of the mines , and are operating at a loss . |
| 16 | Sistelcom 's president , Victoria Reinoso , announced that investment in the new system was running at some $3.5m per annum , and acknowledged that the system would run at a loss for the first two years . |
| 17 | The shadow Environment Secretary , Mr Bryan Gould , maintained water was being sold at a loss . |
| 18 | The shadow Environment Secretary , Mr Bryan Gould , maintained water was being sold at a loss . |
| 19 | Potential purchasers can willingly stay out of the market and owners can stay put , but lenders — and the insurance companies which share the losses — will face yet further provisions as more repossessed homes are sold at a loss . |
| 20 | So , for example , a new fibre-tipped pen , in a range of such pens offered by a newcomer to the market , may be sold at a loss in order to draw attention to the range as a whole , and to establish a share of the total market . |
| 21 | Of those , 35 were liquidated or went into receivership , 38 were sold at a loss , and only 29 were sold at a price that returned the initial taxpayers ' investment . |
| 22 | It is extraordinary that only last week the Leader of the Opposition confirmed that the Labour party is still wedded to bodies such as the national enterprise board , despite the fact that , of the 102 companies in which that body invested , about 35 went bust , 38 were sold at a loss and only the remainder managed even to return taxpayers ' money . |
| 23 | If sold at a loss , the distributable reserves of the purchaser may be protected , assuming that the purchaser does not need to provide against its investment in the IHC . |
| 24 | For example , The Economist ( 1987 ) noted that " banks lose money in the eurobond market because it is the most competitive capital market … compete to underwrite bonds at rates so cheap they can only be sold at a loss , often exceeding fees ( 1 ⅞%); ng … some institutions subsidise borrowers by providing money at below market rates … |
| 25 | If the loans were found to have been sold at a loss , the vendor would make a repayment , dependent on whether there had been a reduction in the bank 's tax liability or not . |
| 26 | Eventually , the new house was sold at a loss , Mr Spindler 's house was sold to cover the loan and the rest of the debt was transferred to the couple 's present house in Henley . |
| 27 | In today 's Washington , where ideology is a murmur of distant guns but technocrats have not quite recovered their old authority , the think-tanks seem at a loss ; many of them are cutting the size of their staffs . |
| 28 | For example , children today are happy with metres and centimetres , but seem at a loss when faced with yards , feet and inches . |
| 29 | He claimed that the government was forcing Petrobrás to run at a loss in order to keep petrol prices and thus inflation down . |
| 30 | By now finances were brightening and whilst still running at a loss , this was entirely because of spending on improvements . |