Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] profit " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be advantageous for the interest charge to be borne by a separate investment company if the purchasing group has insufficient profits to absorb the interest charge in a single year . |
| 2 | The Profitboss achieves high profits by getting everyone to serve together and serve each other . |
| 3 | ‘ It also allows big profits to be made by taking in the dirty washing of other parts of the Community ’ . |
| 4 | Free supplies are not charity , they area very effective marketing technique which deprives mothers of informed choice and increases corporate profits at the expense of infants health . |
| 5 | This , together with a doubling of ship prices in 1989-90 , meant that five of the country 's top seven shipbuilding concerns recorded profits after 10 years of losses . |
| 6 | Therefore any increase in volume guarantees increased profits for the publisher , at least in the short term . |
| 7 | So a £100,000 investment immediately reduces taxable profit by £100,000 . |
| 8 | More than Dm300 million was set aside for future environmental protection measures , and stocks were valued according to the ‘ last in , first out ’ principle , which cuts out paper profit ( and thus reduces taxable profit ) when prices rise . |
| 9 | A capitalist boom requires potential profits to be realized . |
| 10 | If one took analogies seriously and from such a definition … of ‘ so-called primitive capitalist accumulation ’ , then literally the whole of capitalism , right up to its death would end up in the ‘ pre-history ’ of capitalism : for capitalism obtains surplus profits from ‘ third persons ’ throughout its entire existence ; there is and will be no such stage in the life of capitalism when profits were not to come its way on the basis of exploitation of third persons . |
| 11 | Out of … stock means lost profit . |
| 12 | Santa Monica , California-based Retix Inc warns that it expects net profit and turnover to be below analysts ' estimates for its first quarter ending April 3 : it expects operating results to be hurt by delays in releasing product enhancements for its RouterXchange 7000 series of routers to volume production , including support for IBM 's Token Ring network environment ; sales may be down up to 15% , and it may only break even or even worse . |
| 13 | Morland has also issued new profit forecasts today showing that next year it expects pre-tax profits to rise by twenty-eight per cent . |
| 14 | Morland has also issued new profit forecasts today showing that next year it expects pre-tax profits to rise by twenty-eight per cent . |
| 15 | ANZ McCaughan 's Alastair Irvine expects dramatic profit progress from £1.8m to £8.4m in the year just ended and then to £12m this year . |
| 16 | Ford expects handsome profits from its phone business . |
| 17 | On the other hand , if the industrial use generates low profits , there may not be enough money to maintain the building . |
| 18 | This not only generates extra profits , it also helps build relationships , with other companies , so , for example , MMT may be able to use a partner 's staff if necessary and vice versa . |
| 19 | With the shareholders ' approval the company converts retained profits into equity by issuing new shares . |
| 20 | Unigate celebrates double profits |
| 21 | Since this strategy generates riskless profits and is open to anyone , it should always be met . |
| 22 | An amount may only be transferred from the revaluation reserve : to the profit and loss account , if the amount was previously charged to that account or represents realised profit , or for the issue of bonus shares . |
| 23 | What results is high volume business which carries low profit margins . |
| 24 | Analyzed within Becker 's framework , insider dealing and , indeed , other conflict abuse , yields sizeable profits , especially when set against the low risk of detection . |
| 25 | The directors recommend a final ordinary dividend amount to £21,000 which , with preference dividends of £665 , leaves retained profits of £17.068 . |
| 26 | The monopolist earns excess profits P M P C CA , but there is a social cost or deadweight burden equal to the triangle ACB . |
| 27 | UTV reports increased profits for the half-year |
| 28 | The Dutch telephone service operator Koninklijke PTT Telecom Nederland NV , due to be privatised next year , reports net profit for 1992 up 1.5% to the equivalent of $741m on turnover up 8.2% at $6,128m . |
| 29 | The mining division makes huge profits and it also owns the Brinks security firm and Burlington Northern Air Freight . ’ |
| 30 | For example , if a decision is made to build a factory , it might be years before the building is erected , equipped and in operation , and years more before it earns sufficient profits to pay back the investment . |