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highly
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The North-West programme franchise remains highly lucrative , with under three years to go before renewal or a reshuffle.
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Films are more lucrative because there is a genuine market.
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Consequently, Iridium will need to rely on more lucrative business customers than it had envisioned.
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As they progressed in the king's confidence and service, their benefices became more numerous and more lucrative .
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In frustration, she quit her cashier job after several months for a more lucrative position as a bank teller.
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Many farmers had given up working the land because of low rates of return and had turned to producing more lucrative goods.
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But once a manager makes it through the early tough years, the job becomes much more lucrative .
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But Bond only had a license to kill - arms dealers have something much more lucrative , as Janice Turner discovered.
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What they both must have had in mind was a different future for Ameliaone much more lucrative than her past.
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Soon the most lucrative function of the resurrected orbital was as an alien adventure park.
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The most lucrative , in terms of quick turnover, was a deal he helped arrange while governor with former Tennessee Sen.
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This meant obvious limits on capacity and above all it meant no cars and no lorries which were the most lucrative traffic.
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That would have made it the most lucrative such deal in college sports history.
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Military orders, being the most lucrative contracts, took precedence over civilian projects.
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But his most lucrative innovation was the creation of official monopolies to produce and market alcohol, salt and opium.
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His most lucrative business, though, was the bets.
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It may not have been the most lucrative land scam in United States history, but it ranked somewhere near the top.
potentially
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Skirmishes are already going on as rivals battle to gain control of potentially lucrative new domains such as.pro.
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Fielding much of the potentially lucrative interest in McCarthy, D-N.
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These are potentially lucrative crops, but they involve enormous inputs of capital and expensive investment in irrigation.
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If form holds, the pros' tips will be intriguing, well-researched and potentially lucrative .
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The details remain unclear, but the scuffle is probably best described as potentially lucrative for Mr Tyler.
very
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The village ladies were polite and charming, but, despite Stella Felham's enthusiasm, the events were never very lucrative .
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There is, in fact, a glittering array of dignified and sometimes very lucrative offices open to members of the Bar.
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Cash crops can also, of course, be commercially very lucrative , but only when they are acceptable on the world market.
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Langley's northern eyre was a very lucrative one and undoubtedly caused murmurings.
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This, the government believes, will be a very lucrative source of income.
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business
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The country's railway network was expanding rapidly and the manufacture of steel rails was a lucrative business for Sheffield firms.
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Consequently, Iridium will need to rely on more lucrative business customers than it had envisioned.
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His most lucrative business , though, was the bets.
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Massive spamming has turned what was an amusing annoyance into a lucrative business that profits by violating the pre-commercial Internet ethic.
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Financial services is a lucrative business when one actually succeeds in organising the finance, endowment policies, term policies and so on.
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Instead, he appears to have transferred operations to Bosnia for the much more lucrative business of war.
career
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Before the accident he was enjoying a lucrative career on the Senior Tour.
contract
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It wants the money spent on public infrastructure, providing lucrative contracts for business.
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They had received some excellent, lucrative contracts .
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When the Tories crested to power in 1710, Barber landed some lucrative contracts .
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The lobbies of Baghdad's five-star hotels are packed with businessmen fighting over lucrative contracts .
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Swan was the favourite to secure the lucrative contract until the yard was placed in receivership in May.
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Military orders, being the most lucrative contracts , took precedence over civilian projects.
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They were chuffed when one of the majors offered her the lucrative contract .
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Both are still locked in commercial combat over the lucrative contract to refit Britain's Trident submarine fleet.
deal
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The Texas Faculty Association has complained that the lucrative deals are a waste of tax dollars.
job
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For his pains in defending Paisley, Boal was fired from his lucrative job as counsel to the Attorney-General.
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Coming out of college, she turned down several lucrative job offers and made just $ 17, 000 two years ago.
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It also dampened recent speculation that Tabai was seeking lucrative jobs outside Kiribati.
market
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While they might have looked out of place next to the modern heavy metal, they are vying for a lucrative market .
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The two also are competing in the lucrative market for business software.
offer
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Lady Thatcher caused a storm by considering the lucrative offer .
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In fact, the salespeople in this study were very mobile; they were constantly receiving lucrative offers to join competitors.
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Business school graduates are also enjoying lucrative offers .
source
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The seeds may also be a lucrative source of high quality seed oil, rich in unsaturated fatty acids.
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This, the government believes, will be a very lucrative source of income.
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Charging to park on the playground can be a lucrative source of funds.
trade
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Again, there was no assault made on mourning stationery or the extremely lucrative trade in mourning jewellery.
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The extremely lucrative trade in endangered species is proving irresistible to countries in grave currency crisis.
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The result is a big demand for donated kidneys - which agents have been quick to turn into lucrative trade .
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a lucrative business
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An increase in consumer demand has made sports shoe retailing a lucrative business.
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Catering is a very lucrative business if you succeed in it.
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Sam's journalistic work was much more lucrative than his painting had ever been.
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There is still an illegal but lucrative trade in ivory between Africa and South-East Asia.
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Transferred from Barcelona to Naples, Maradona signed a highly lucrative three-year contract.
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At $ 40 million a year, the printer advertising account is considered a lucrative prize and is being hotly contested.
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Financial services is a lucrative business when one actually succeeds in organising the finance, endowment policies, term policies and so on.
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If form holds, the pros' tips will be intriguing, well-researched and potentially lucrative .
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Johnston said the contract was exploitative and restrictive, with the financial arrangements much less lucrative than she'd expected.
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Massive spamming has turned what was an amusing annoyance into a lucrative business that profits by violating the pre-commercial Internet ethic.
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Mr Moore had recently discovered how lucrative preventive dentistry could be, and Mrs Moore was dressed accordingly.
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Only his progress to the second round of Wimbledon last year proved more lucrative .