Example sentences of "lost [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LIQUIDATORS of the Isle of Man Savings and Investment Bank , which crashed seven and a half years ago with debts of £42.4m , said last night they would be paying more than 10p in the pound to the 4,000 mainly small investors who lost money . |
| 2 | And its findings lay the foundations for Sir Anthony 's conclusion that investors who lost money in Barlow Clowes should receive compensation from the Government . |
| 3 | By the same token , Tony DeFries had a clause in the contract that if the promoter lost money he would pay it to him , so it was impossible for a promoter to actually risk anything . |
| 4 | He always paid the promoters if they lost money . |
| 5 | For the first time since 1973 , they lost money — $200m-plus among them , on estimated revenues of $53.4 billion . |
| 6 | Our reforms have cut away the barriers that meant many breadwinners lost money if they went to work . |
| 7 | However , the fee is likely to rise due to the House of Lords ruling on 20th April 1989 that surveyors were responsible when house-buyers lost money as a result of a negligent mortgage valuation . |
| 8 | Its US business was profitable in fiscal 1991-92 , where it lost money the previous year , said Bernard Chapot , vice president-director general , and its revenues this fiscal year should top $40m , from approximately $39.5m last year . |
| 9 | Retail sales accounted for about 30% of privately-held CompuAdd 's $524.4m turnover last year , but lost money ; sales per store averaged about $1.4m , against $36m per store generated by CompUSA Inc . |
| 10 | These bills of exchange almost invariably sank to a discount in terms of sterling , which meant that British merchants exporting to America lost money if they were compelled by colonial legislation to accept them as payment . |
| 11 | The client lost money he could not afford . |
| 12 | Norton did sell nearly 200 bikes in the year 1989–1990 , but lost money on every one of them . |
| 13 | The tour , unsurprisingly , lost money ; both Oldfield 's own , and some £250,000 which Virgin had put up for tour support . |
| 14 | I had published several small books myself , but I always lost money . |
| 15 | You know we l lost money on that but , an and trying to find excuses for that . |
| 16 | So er that s er that firm collapsed and people lost money and er that 's why FIMBRA is there , er to try and protect the investor . |
| 17 | Around 1902 the Leversons lost money through an unsound investment . |
| 18 | Many of their innovative ideas lost money and failed to win acceptance by customers . |
| 19 | Well obviously one would like to make money rather than lose money erm I mean there 's the there are quite a few factors why erm Virgin er lost money last year er first of all you know we had er the very well publicized er dirty tricks campaign being waged against us . |
| 20 | Naturally , some of these investors , particularly those who were speculating in the more unpredictable ventures , lost money , but by and large the European and American ‘ coupon clippers ’ as they were sometimes called , did very well out of their overseas investments . |
| 21 | Then the buyer lost money because of the Gulf crisis , and the price of land was falling so he chose not to go through with the contract . |
| 22 | Well they 're getting comfy seats and we 're star well as you can see from the last play , Wuthering Heights that erm we actually lost money on that I know it will happen but I feel that we ought to erm go along and get into a healthier position again . |
| 23 | There 's new hope for people who lost money in the Maxwell Pension Funds . |
| 24 | Derek Woodward from Worcester is one of around two hundred pensioners who lost money in the failed investment scheme . |
| 25 | In May Lloyds announced a salvage operation to protect the ‘ names ’ who lost money in the crash . |
| 26 | Finnegan has been under investigation after detectives were called in by creditors of North of England Investments who lost money in the company which collapsed last year . |
| 27 | The ‘ substantial case ’ for compensation was underlined yesterday by the local authority co-ordinating committee set up to represent the interest of councils which lost money . |
| 28 | The German commercial and central banks refused to bail out Herstatt and many depositors lost money . |
| 29 | He said payments to those who lost money deposited in the bank were a matter for liquidators . |
| 30 | And it 's not as if they made money every time they moved , 'cos they have n't , 'cos they lost money on that 'ouse , there . |