(1) Much of the apparent growth in profits that occurred in the 1980s was the result of creative accounting.

(2) He was ordered to forfeit more than ￡1.5m in profits.

(3) There has been a sharp decline in profits this year.

(4) She glossed over the company's fall in profits, focusing instead on her plans for investment and modernization.

(5) We are expecting a plunge in profits this year.

(6) The results showed a sharp drop in profits.

(7) The company suffered a diminution in profits.

(8) The fall in profits had been expected.

(9) The company's results show a huge jump in profits.

(10) The company has declared an increase in profits/increased profits.

(11) A sudden fall in profits provided a further disincentive to new investors.

(12) Yesterday the company announced its first ever fall in profits.

(13) We achieved a small increase in profits of ￡3 257.

(14) Both companies reported a fall in profits in the first quarter of this year.

(15) Tyneside-based baker Greggs yesterday unveiled a ￡1m drop in profits for 1991, reflecting the impact of the retailing recession.

(16) He added that a downgrading in profit forecasts was normal in a recession.

(17) The Royal Bank has suffered a slide in profits to ￡20.9 million from ￡57.7 million and has seen bad debts soar.

(18) People - run enterprise units shall not engage in profit - making business operations.

(19) As it turned out, he netted $ 40,000 in profit as a result of the transactions.

(20) A small percentage reduction in the cost of materials would mean a significant increase in profit.

(21) The bank yesterday revealed a 30 per cent nosedive in profits.

(22) How long have you been waiting to see the dentist? Expecting suggests that you think something will happen in the future:The fall in profits had been expected.

(23) Boots chief Sir James Blyth is among the bosses whose pay awards far outstripped rises in profits.

(24) Californian housebuilding incurred a loss of ￡2.7 million, but should be in profit by next year, Sir Lawrie said.

(25) Option to purchase ordinary share or bond of a particular company, usually purchased by bondholder wanting to participate in profit growth of that company.

(26) In a normal year, a pig of about 200 yuan in profit.

(27) At last, the paper draw the conclusion that there are great risks in profit control through related party transactions.

(28) That represented growth % in revenue and 5 % in profit from the year before.

(29) The result is a decrease in cost and increase in profit.

(30) This means that attention will be super-model think a 20% increase in profit may reduce the 20% probability of error, which means that the combined increase of 40% chance of success.

(1) A small percentage reduction in the cost of materials would mean a significant increase in profit.

(31) It is found that forest right trade was high in transaction - cost and low in profit.

(32) Treasury stock may be purchased for a variety of reasons, including to reissue them to officers and employees in profit sharing schemes or stock-option plans.

(33) Although capitalist state worker also participates in profit distributive fact, the 4 th part explains.

(34) It also has a built - in profit, to set up and ready to use.

(35) Air France reported an estimated $ 2 million in profit on $ 125 million in revenues last year.

(35) try its best to gather and build good sentences.

(36) In corporate news, Lowe's Companies Inc. reported a 19 percent rise in profit on tight cost controls, but the home improvement retailer trimmed its full-year earnings forecast.

(37) The increase in profit is proportional to reduction in overhead.

(38) That represented growth of 48 % in revenue and % in profit from the year before.

(39) Intel projected that revenue would expand further in current period, with additional improvements in profit margins.

(40) Besides the producer and distributor's moral decline in profit seeking, the imperfectness in food safety guarantee mechanism is a more important cause of the rises of such cases.

(41) The Bride's parents have basically made $20,000 in profit, thanks to this "Bride Price" tradition.

(42) They are more interested in profit than beauty or health.

(43) Banks have raked in profit from the buy - out industry's appetite for loans and deal - making advice.