Example sentences of "make a [adj] profit " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's only one place for money , and that 's a safe place … a place where it can make a healthy profit without being subjected to the fluctuation of bonds and shares and suchlike . |
| 2 | Bernice did n't know where the Doctor got his talent from , but if he ever got tired of fighting ultimate evil , he could make a healthy profit as an intergalactic busker . |
| 3 | A steady circulation of 300,000 should make a healthy profit , even at a cover price of 35p . |
| 4 | The report claimed that the railways would then make a small profit . |
| 5 | Although the 1992 results are not public , a highly-placed source at USL tells us that they did make a small profit last year ( on revenues of $91m ) . |
| 6 | Er , that 's a difficult question because we bought er anywhere we could er , and where we thought there was leather that we could make a small profit on . |
| 7 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 8 | GOVAN shipyard should make a small profit this year after coming close to breaking even in 1992 , according to its owners Kvaerner , the Norwegian-based shipbuilding , shipping and oil and gas equipment-makers . |
| 9 | Just stick to your argument that the dealer said you 'd make a certain profit . |
| 10 | By levying tolls and taxes on the traders , the owner of the fair could make a handsome profit . |
| 11 | ‘ None of them were unwilling participants and my client did not make a handsome profit . ’ |
| 12 | Conference , I ask you to support this motion that calls for a publicity campaign to name those employers and establishments that exploit th their staff so they can make a fat profit , and to update the hotel list . |
| 13 | We know employees are being blackmailed with their jobs to risk life and limb so employers can make a fat profit at our expense . |
| 14 | Anyone who can provide shore fishermen with fresh and regular supplies of ragworms and other delicacies enjoyed by fish will make a steady profit from the foreshore . |
| 15 | the no profit rule — a conglomerate , when acting as a fiduciary must not make a secret profit from his position without first obtaining the consent of the principal and disclosing the profit ; |
| 16 | The obligation of directors to account for profits made as a result of abusing ( in the sense of taking advantage of ) their position as directors is often described as the principle that directors must not make a secret profit . |
| 17 | An in-the-money option allows the investor to exercise immediately and make a gross profit ( forgetting premiums , spreads and commissions for the moment ) . |