Example sentences of "opportunity for profit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intensification and specialization in agriculture , especially in the vineyards , gave rise to commercial exchange and opportunity for profit and saving . |
| 2 | Provided there is opportunity for profit , private money will be invested in schemes for this purpose and it would only be necessary to create the fiscal environment and to add encouragement , perhaps with grants , to fire the motivation of entrepreneurs . |
| 3 | Although not an agricultural innovator , he was an astute farmer and businessman : he took great care in selecting seed and breeding stock ; he knew the best markets in the region for a wide variety of products ; and he endeavoured never to miss an opportunity for profit . |
| 4 | Laszlo Csaba , an economist at Budapest 's Institute for Market Research , predicts that trade will recover later in the year as the opportunities for profit overcome bureaucratic obstruction . |
| 5 | The notion is that a major innovation , or set of innovations , at a particular point in time is exploited by the ability and initiative of entrepreneurs to create new opportunities for profit . |
| 6 | Of all the varieties of patronage at the disposal of Scottish politicians , the most useful were those connected with taxation , for , quite apart from the undeniable opportunities for profit which might accrue to an official charged with the collection of public revenues , through his possession of such monies between the time of collection and the time of accounting for the receipts , the ability to increase or moderate one 's zeal was in itself a valuable asset for officers who were themselves often intimately involved in the political and social life of their communities . |
| 7 | As this excerpt itself implies , the dynamics of competition may in due course bring producer behaviour into line with the wishes of consumers , since there are clear opportunities for profit in being the first to satisfy unmet demand . |
| 8 | He also established himself in the Russian trade , which during the French wars offered exceptional opportunities for profit . |
| 9 | I turned to Jamie and then the girl , cleared my throat and said quite clearly : ‘ I did n't know if you two ever shared or , indeed , still do share , for that matter , for all that I know , at least mutually between yourselves but at any rate not including me — the misconception I once perchanced to place upon the words contained upon yonder sign , but it is a fact that I thought the ‘ union ’ referred to in said nomenclature delineated an association of working people , and it did seem to me at the time to be quite a socialist thing for the town fathers to call a street ; it struck me that all was not yet lost as regards the prospects for a possible peace or at the very least a cease-fire in the class war if such acknowledgements of the worth of trade unions could find their way on to such a venerable and important thoroughfare 's sign , but I must admit I was disabused of this sadly over-optimistic notion when my father-God rest his sense of humour-informed me that it was the then recently confirmed union of the English and Scottish parliaments the local worthies-in common with hundreds of other town councils throughout what had until that point been an independent realm — were celebrating with such solemnity and permanence , doubtless with a view to the opportunities for profit which this early form of takeover bid offered . ’ |
| 10 | Furthermore , the collection of the payments may itself have provided some with opportunities for profit which they were loth to abandon , and which prejudiced them against fighting . |
| 11 | Today , with greater opportunities for profits from export and the advantages of modern transport and mechanisation , the landowner exploits his property to the full to maximise production and profits . |
| 12 | The sharply increased volume of traffic increased the opportunities for profits , but also for crippling losses . |