Example sentences of "[verb] to cash in on " in BNC.

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1 Banks that want to cash in on the consolidation of American banking now under way may also need to rid themselves of property .
2 Now councillors want to cash in on inspecting private homes .
3 Among a series of films designed to cash in on the success of Hitchcock 's Psycho ( 1960 ) , for example , was Seth Holt 's The Nanny ( 1965 ) , made with the visual flair of his earlier Hammer picture , Taste of Fear ( 1961 ) , and telling the powerful tale of two sisters , both dependent in their own way on the woman who brought them up , who pay no attention to the declarations of their son and nephew that it was nanny who killed his sister and now wants to kill him .
4 The venture that did most damage to Jinky 's bank balance was the ‘ Double J Bar ’ in Hamilton , a pub designed to cash in on his name , but destined like so many footballer 's pubs to become a financial nightmare .
5 It was obviously dishonest and disingenuous to try to cash in on a film dealing realistically with labour problems and then to hang the whole action on the villainy of professional racketeers specializing in encouraging strikes before helping to break them .
6 Now writers are trying to come up with a new story for Willis as rival studios race to cash in on the Die Hard formula .
7 Anyone else wanting to cash in on the end of the Cold War is advised to get a move on — there 's already been considerable interest in the Wroughton air yard and the agents expect to sell it by the autumn .
8 VERIFONE AND SAUNDERS JEFFRIES SEEK TO CASH IN ON NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS
9 I think she 's going to cash in on it . ’
10 THE High Street banks were blasted for profiteering as they rushed to cash in on the interest rate jump .
11 WITHOUT wishing to cash in on the latest Royal marital rift it seems right to impart the information that some cartoons depicting the unfortunate pair have gone on sale in their adoptive city .
12 THE birthplace of the railways has been accused of failing to cash in on its heritage .
13 The cuckoo 's lazy tactic of leaving the hassle of child care to others is well known , but given the chance , fish will also attempt to cash in on others ' parental efforts in various ways .
14 If Spurs decide to cash in on Durie , they will want at least their money back 16 months after paying a club record fee to lure him from Chelsea .
15 The story of the twins was well known in Fleet Street and it was really only a matter of hours , or at best days , before a newspaper decided to cash in on it .
16 The division of the YJ Lovell group says the move leaves it better placed to cash in on work it is currently bringing in from South Yorkshire .
17 Co-ordinated Land and Estates , which bought the Milngavie course from Stakis for an undisclosed sum last year , believe Dougalston , only minutes from Glasgow city centre and within easy reach of Glasgow Airport , is ideally placed to cash in on the golfing tourists .
18 Ken played Julius Caesar in a picture that , with no apologies , was intended to cash in on the fame of the Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton fiasco of the previous year .
19 A one million pound appeal has been launched by Oxfam which hopes to cash in on the fact that 1992 is a Leap Year .
20 A one million pound appeal has been launched by Oxfam which hopes to cash in on the fact that 1992 is a Leap Year .
21 It 's always been around in comic culture , but as cynical publishers try to cash in on the success of Howard Chaykin 's gross Black Kiss , there 's so much of it that the powers that be have noticed .
22 If I had a pound for every time Mr Channon has tried to cash in on my success , I could launch a takeover bid for Manchester United .
23 Corollary expects to cash in on the appeal of the BiCMOS P5 which will doubtless far outshine the 80486 whose market will likely be truncated .
24 PROSTITUTES will not be allowed to cash in on Hartlepool 's £160m marina , police chiefs have pledged .
25 LEEDS are poised to cash in on last season 's championship win by signing a multi-million pound sponsorship deal with a German company .
26 Manufacturers are rubbing their hands in glee as they prepare to cash in on the success .
27 Mark my words , at this very moment someone is trying to cash in on this supermarket trolley fetish with some useless bit of equipment or other .
28 ‘ Everyone would say I am trying to cash in on Kylie , ’ she said ‘ But I 'm not . ’
29 At the extreme , rogue manufacturers are trying to cash in on this huge market , and have won multi-million pound orders for technologies that may be sound as pieces of machinery but have not been tried adequately in the field .
30 MISS World flew back to her Russian homeland yesterday to face up to profiteers trying to cash in on her success .
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