Example sentences of "be make a profit " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're making a profit now — yes , we 're all going to Plymouth next week to buy new shoes , so you see , we 're Croesuses ! |
| 2 | That 's right and if , that 's right , and even if you 're making a profit |
| 3 | Well we , we do n't whether we 're making a profit because we do n't know where , how our allowance related to the actual money which we were going to earn from doing the work . |
| 4 | We have to watch expenses if we 're to make a profit . ’ |
| 5 | " I have some evidence — it does n't strictly concern the audit , because , as you say , we 're here officially to find out if the group has any money , not precisely how it 's made — to suggest that the ships can " I be making a profit by legitimate trade . |
| 6 | ‘ If it were sold at the price it needs to be to make a profit it would be a collector 's item , ’ says Peter Osborne , Marlow 's sales and marketing director . |
| 7 | Were actually are making a profit we said at the beginning we do get a payment from petticoats so I do n't see that arrangement actually changing but it suits the trust were not very good at running restaurant 's . . |
| 8 | Erm , for them , because it means that the county council , when they are making a profit , D S O makes a profit has more money to spend on education , which will improve the standard of our schools in this county . |
| 9 | The Inland Revenue says some drivers are making a profit by shuttling patients and visitors between hospitals . |
| 10 | That they were n't having to give me a testimonial , which I would be entitled to soon , and were making a profit on my sale . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Then he 's made a profit , ’ said Miss Jarman , winking at her . |
| 12 | whether the business is making a profit or loss and how this profit or loss is made up . |
| 13 | Firstly , many countries have management arrangements with Western corporations whose main concern is making a profit . |
| 14 | Answer guide : Although the business has no cash problems and is making a profit there is cause for concern over stock holding levels and production levels . |
| 15 | ‘ His precious factory 's making a profit , ’ he said briskly , draining his glass . |
| 16 | so , you know , it 's making a profit to all the people that are using that |
| 17 | Rumours range from the truth through analysts ' exaggerations to blatant lies whose purpose is to make a profit or extract a dealer from an awkward position . |
| 18 | Even the biggest stars rarely sell 6m copies ( as Janet must do if Virgin is to make a profit ) for more than a couple of records . |
| 19 | Obviously the first criteria is to make a profit and in the wave of enthusiasm for a new scheme a balance of potential profit against input of effort needs to be made . |
| 20 | The objective of a bank is to make a profit for its shareholders . |
| 21 | Industry 's motivation is to make a profit , and a company 's ‘ geographical behaviour ’ is part of trying to attain that aim : changing location could be a way of staying profitable . |
| 22 | Development costs have to be recouped rapidly if the company is to make a profit and introduce an even newer hip next year . |
| 23 | By the time he sold the brewery , for £25 million , in 1986 , it was making a profit of £1.7 million a year . |
| 24 | Nonetheless , a 1978 survey of innovative rural bus services found that only one was making a profit , and most were making losses of between 14 and 48 a week , albeit smaller losses than the 64 to 347 a week losses experienced on some conventional routes ( HC Select Committee , 1978 ) . |