Example sentences of "a profit [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The growing demand for genuine , organically-produced vegetables and fruit offers a profit to the skilled gardener who is near enough to his market . |
| 2 | Shell manufacture in Blundell Street car shed during the First World War : 200,000 shells were produced here , largely by female labour , yielding a profit to the Town of £16,000 , which was used to pay for the erection of the Cenotaph war memorial on Princess Parade . |
| 3 | It most be the case if you 're paying a profit to the sub-contractor . |
| 4 | It may be enough for an investment trust to tempt investors by describing the opportunity area in broad terms , and inasmuch as this temptation continues to work then the early investors can sell out at a profit to the later ones . |
| 5 | If instead of paid work , you are thinking of becoming self-employed or setting up a business , you will not only have the start-up costs but , as you are probably well aware , very few new enterprises make a profit during the first two or three years . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | So y I 've got to weigh up whether I 'm actually going to make a profit over four years or whether it 's going to be , but I 'm not doing it for that it 's not so much making a profit as the fact that I can secure the loan for four years and know that I have n't got any extra to , to find , and when you 've retired , if you 've got say seven years on your mortgage and you 're thinking well if mortgage rates go up erm I could get stuffed you know if they doubled again then you could actually fix on that assumption . |
| 8 | The Netherlands swiftly became the largest gas exporter in the world and despite importing almost all its other fuel , managed to become a net energy exporter and even occasionally to make a profit on the energy account . |
| 9 | After all , the retailer only makes a profit on the items he sells : if the prices he charges are too high , the customers will go elsewhere and he wo n't make any profit at all ! |
| 10 | The move has also helped financially because I made a profit on the house sale , and as this one is smaller the bills are much lower . |
| 11 | The computer model suggests that losses on the passenger services would be off-set by a profit on the freight . |
| 12 | Subsequent or alternative drinks had to be paid for at saloon-bar prices , so Clive managed to turn a profit on the evening . |
| 13 | Both partners have their own Capital Gains Tax allowance , which means they can make a profit on the sale of assets such as shares or property up to this limit without incurring any liability of CGT . |
| 14 | I thought that I had made it clear that we did not make a profit on the war . |
| 15 | How does it all tie in when you look at the requirements stated in the document to actually make a profit on the provision of health services . |
| 16 | The President 's dinner raised us erm fifty five pounds and a profit on the hoe-down of thirty five pounds . |
| 17 | They need it to finance new projects and which they ultimately hope those projects will bring in a profit on the capital employed . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | As long as we feel we can sell them on and make a profit for the NECCR then we will be happy . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the company has succeeded in making a profit for the past seven years . |
| 21 | The plaintiffs claim damages from a number of defendants , including the third defendant , under the following heads : ( 1 ) general damages for conspiracy ; ( 2 ) exemplary damages on the basis that the acts complained of were calculated to make a profit for the conspirators or their companies and constituted a cynical disregard for the plaintiffs ' rights ; and ( 3 ) damages for deceit as an alternative to damages for conspiracy . |
| 22 | Auto business also continued to perform satisfactorily and again produced a profit for the year , despite the heavy cost of Facility business in the final quarter . |
| 23 | This is a commercial contract for Scottish Nuclear and our partners ESB International , and will make a profit for the Company . |
| 24 | The longest cycle starts with the market analysis aimed at defining customer needs , and ends with the manufacture of a product to meet those needs in a manner calculated to make a profit for the company over the life of the product . |
| 25 | Revenues realized in a particular period ( measured by the selling prices of goods and services delivered to customers ) less related expenses ( measured by the cost of goods and services used ) gives a profit for the period in question . |
| 26 | 12 ALISON BELL LEISUREWEAR ‘ Party Plan ’ sessions are under way these are good publicity and make a profit for the Society . |
| 27 | There are no bureaucrats going round counting the jobs that never happened , the jobs that went away or the small firms that have packed up because they could no longer make a profit under the new controls and restrictions on their work force . |
| 28 | British people are , generally , deeply suspicious of ‘ with profit ’ companies who operate in the health and social care area and it remains to be seen whether free enterprise can win the hearts and minds of authority members and staff and make a profit at the same time . |
| 29 | A profit in the second quarter of $5.3m ( 1992 : $9.7m loss ) produced a profit at the half year of $1.9m against a loss last time of $29.7m . |
| 30 | The Homeowners account has also responded positively to remedial action and produced a profit at the half year of $16.8m ( 1992 : $4.2m loss ) following a profit of $14.7m in the second quarter ( 1992 : $4.1m profit ) . |