Example sentences of "[modal v] make a profit " in BNC.
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| 1 | This flaw seems to explain the odd network in the crucial option A — the one Serpell says should make a profit . |
| 2 | That in turn translated into two sub-goals : first , that the business should fund future growth from its own resources , without recourse to corporate funds ; and , second , that it should make a profit . |
| 3 | In the long run , Novell must make a profit with USL and , if past performance is any indication , they will make a profit , no matter what it takes . |
| 4 | Under block funding workshops must make a profit . |
| 5 | Solicitors and barristers in private practice are in business and must make a profit to survive . |
| 6 | In the final analysis a farmer must make a profit and all the economic pressures on farmers will eventually lead them to place agriculture before environmental conservation . |
| 7 | Like all commercial businesses British Steel must make a profit and times are hard , but this is cost cutting which is going to be detrimental to our community . ’ |
| 8 | If you could make a profit of approximately £2,500 per week for the fourteen or so unoccupied weeks ( a big if ! ) you would turn that excess of expenditure over income into an income surplus . |
| 9 | I 'm sure you do n't want to hear about Mark 's cousin getting done for selling crack mixed with concrete , or the Forest Of Dean whizzkid who tried to get the band 's mate to give them heroin so they 'd all become addicted so he could make a profit out of them , or Zac sticking his finger up a chicken 's arse , do you ? |
| 10 | This is highly price sensitive information from which a conglomerate could make a profit or avoid a loss , but it would rarely constitute a breach of the the Company Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 . |
| 11 | From morning to dusk on all days except the Sabbath , he was out in the marketplace among the other merchants trading in any commodity with which he could make a profit , including money itself . |
| 12 | we wanted to get people chemical , wanted to get a thing through , so they could make a profit from it . |
| 13 | Organisers boasted of a technically unsurpassed ‘ compact ’ Games which could make a profit of £65 million . |
| 14 | But I 'm sure if they could make a profit they would . |
| 15 | The merchant would make a profit , which can be argued to have no discernable social benefit for the society as a whole . |
| 16 | If the Net Present Value is positive , this shows that an enterprise borrowing funds at the given interest rate would make a profit after meeting interest payments , or alternatively that an enterprise possessing surplus money capital would make a better return on the funds by carrying out the investment project rather than lending the funds at interest . |
| 17 | They had been told the main point — that Tildesley would make a profit for his ‘ warehousing ’ operation ( only fair , Le Roux claimed , since Tildesley took risks in buying the company , including the very real risk that Norton might never have raised the funds and he 'd stuck with FUS ) . |
| 18 | KITS needed much more of her attention than it had been getting recently , and was now in a disturbing financial position : it did n't look as if the company would make a profit in 1966 . |
| 19 | I would buy the parchment and arrange its transport down to the wharves and we concluded that , if we sold the wine brought back on the first voyage , we would make a profit . |
| 20 | The chief executives all confidently predicted that Leyland Daf trucks would make a profit over the next three years despite the loss of eighty-two million pounds at the time the company went into receivership . |
| 21 | If the retailer gets them right , he will make a profit |
| 22 | BRITAIN will make a profit of nearly £3 million from the Euro summit in Edinburgh , John Major said last night . |
| 23 | The selling division will make a profit , but the receiving division will regard all of the transfer price as a variable cost . |
| 24 | In the long run , Novell must make a profit with USL and , if past performance is any indication , they will make a profit , no matter what it takes . |
| 25 | The reduction wo n't hurt Midland much because the connection to the grid will still be necessary , and it will make a profit from the schemes installed , not just in its own area but throughout the UK . |
| 26 | If you actually allow it to be a caf in your premises which hopefully will also satisfy some of our customers then apparently it will make a profit . |
| 27 | If this happens the basis will fall by 3180 - ( 2100 - 2 x ) = £1080 + 2 x , Provided the index does not unexpectedly rise by more than unc = 540 points ( 23% ) , a most unlikely event , Bash Brannigan will make a profit from speculating on the basis . |
| 28 | This is a commercial contract for Scottish Nuclear and our partners ESB International , and will make a profit for the Company . |
| 29 | The company will make a profit of £56,400 if they manufacture and sell Abrasive Toothpaste . |
| 30 | Plans have been unveiled for a £30 million project which will turn an out-of-action , uneconomic incinerator into a high technology plant which will make a profit from using rubbish to generate electricity . |