Example sentences of "[not/n't] make a profit " in BNC.
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1 | High Tables does not make a profit on his management of the ingredients budget — it simply charges a management fee for the entire contract . |
2 | However , the yard will not make a profit until 1994 when government subsidies are due to end . |
3 | It concentrates on its niche market using the narrow 880 metre strip at Alderney where the Trislander triumphs because the bigger aircraft can not use it , and smaller ones can not make a profit . |
4 | Revenues generated from all Unix sales grew about 28% — the same as last year — and although unit sales of mid-range products increased 76% , the company did not make a profit on mid-range Unix products because of increased R&D spending in that area , Bonfield said . |
5 | Two wrongs do not make a profit . |
6 | And I 'm afraid there is no way you can you , if you try and force the caf to be more a sort of caf that people who come to the cinema will patronize then it will not make a profit in my view . |
7 | I thought that I had made it clear that we did not make a profit on the war . |
8 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
9 | It is not making a profit , but is now contributing to its operating costs . |
10 | It is not making a profit , but is now contributing to its operating costs . |
11 | The company is not making a profit forecast , but profits for the 36 weeks to 9 January have grown to £9.79 million . |
12 | For example , the retailer may decide not to make a profit on a particular item . |
13 | If a number of people for purely social or philanthropic reasons agreed upon a joint plan of action , the purpose of which was not to make a profit , this would not be a partnership . |
14 | If the retailer does n't make a profit , he may go out of business . |
15 | Erm some of the banks actually lay off the charges to some extent , but I think he might find that a bit expensive to run , erm and of course they 'll take their charges even if they do n't make a profit for you . |
16 | " You would n't make a profit on Lord Jim anyway " , he added , " I do n't regard her as an investment . |
17 | So there will be a slight improvement on that position but erm I do feel that we have to continue to do them the costume plays we ca n't just say oh we do n't make a profit on it , we ca n't do it , I think that would be a very shortsighted erm philosophy . |
18 | Now you 're much closer to the pointed end than I am , I do n't sell anything , I 'm just a cost , and if you do n't make a profit I get fired do n't I ? |
19 | So I did n't make a loss but I did n't make a profit on the bit of space that I need that I was using for storage cos I thought it was only fair to the poor bloke . |
20 | Selling off an organisation that has n't made a profit for 40 years always looked like being the toughest possible test of the privatisers ' skills , and recent developments are not making things any easier |