adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a successful/profitable/thriving business
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Within a few years she had established a thriving business in London.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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I intend to show that marketing non-violence can be as profitable as the violence industry can be.
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Experience has taught them, however, that war itself is not necessarily as profitable as its preparation.
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It is estimated that keg beer is twice as profitable as cask beer, lager four times as profitable.
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On Feb. 26, Langham questioned whether Lucent would be as profitable as in the past.
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It is estimated that keg beer is twice as profitable as cask beer, lager four times as profitable.
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We are not shaking anybody down for public money, so we will not be as profitable as some franchises.
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This dash for colonial territories was not always as profitable as the colonial authorities might have wished.
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The retailer wants to make his business as profitable as possible.
highly
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Slavery is, then, under certain conditions, a highly profitable system of exploitation.
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But they found no trace of the highly profitable illegal cargo that it was supposed to be carrying.
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Co. in San Francisco said oil companies had been expected to turn in a highly profitable quarter.
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The aim is to produce beers that are sterile, have a long shelf life and are highly profitable .
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Tuft denies Catania's contentions, although he concedes the company borrows heavily and is not highly profitable .
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The venture was an immediate and highly profitable success in the years between the Wars.
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If you are seeking a highly profitable instant business, you will probably be disappointed-it does not exist.
less
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As coastal fisheries have become less profitable through overfishing, more fishermen have taken to killing small cetaceans to supplement their incomes.
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In this framework, policies that encourage investment are good; policies that make investment less profitable are bad.
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The Basset connection brought Richard less profitable consequences in 1233, when Gilbert Basset fell under royal disfavour.
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None the less , investors are right in perceiving that, for many tech companies, the growth is becoming less profitable .
more
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Higher demand for credit will drive up interest rates, making it more profitable for banks to supply more credit.
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Companies want proof that diversity training makes them more profitable and productive, but no hard data exists.
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The multinational drug companies are often exploiting that knowledge in their constant search for new and more profitable drugs.
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On the contrary, it was more profitable than ever before.
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The division of labour not only makes capitalist investment more profitable it also involves the continual undermining of workers' skills.
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Safer than bonds and a whole lot more profitable .
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The product side is more profitable than the custom side.
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Yet not one of these companies will pay a just claim until it is more profitable to pay than not.
most
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This strategy is capable of converting them from the least profitable product group to the most profitable - for a time.
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We once worked for a successful trucking company that built one of its most profitable operations around an unplanned incident.
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That's helped to make it one of the most profitable independent companies.
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Imax is the oldest of the three companies, at 28 years, and has been the most profitable .
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The other core business is United Distillers, the world's most profitable spirits company.
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Dedicated servers are one of Verio's fastest growing and most profitable businesses.
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SmithKline is Britain's fifth biggest company and one of the most profitable .
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Nowadays, it's the most profitable thing Tod does.
potentially
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To be effective, market segments must be clearly identifiable and substantial enough to be potentially profitable .
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Rather than expending vast sums on political posturing, we may in-stead choose to invest in potentially profitable space enterprises.
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To be known formally as Italiana Trasporti Ferroviaria, this organisation is potentially profitable .
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Financial intermediaries also ensure that projects that are potentially profitable will be able to obtain finance.
very
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Mental illness became a very profitable business indeed.
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In the long run, it may turn out to be a very profitable center.
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Baxter believed this was a very profitable exercise.
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In the process, the station has become very profitable .
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It may be secure, but it isn't very profitable for long.
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Kidnapping is a business and a very profitable one.
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The trick, clearly, is a very profitable one if you can get away with it.
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As the business had become very profitable by then, a syndicate was set up to buy Savery's rights.
■ NOUN
area
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But online stock trading was once one of the few reliably profitable areas of electronic commerce.
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The mortgage department was the most profitable area of the firm, and the place trainees most desperately wanted to work.
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Although banking remains important, the most profitable area for expansion in recent years has been manufacturing.
business
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Indeed, many draw very high salaries, run profitable businesses , have satisfied clients, and some become millionaires.
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And there are many examples of successful partnerships-entrepreneurs who worked positively together to build a profitable business .
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Mental illness became a very profitable business indeed.
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Copying music is a very profitable business here.
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Dedicated servers are one of Verio's fastest growing and most profitable businesses .
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When peace came in 1801, Gibbs was able to set up a profitable business in Cadiz.
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Finally, there are some occasions on which the private sector chooses to abandon a profitable business .
company
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Similarly, only profitable companies pay tax, so how do the loss-making startups benefit?
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Gates Corporation, on the other hand, is a profitable company with assets.
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It all spells out a more efficient and profitable company .
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It also means a more profitable company and more secure jobs.
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Certainly Dowty Electrics is a profitable company and I believe, our members have a reasonably secure future.
firm
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With the more profitable firms the differential between the main companies rate and the individual higher rate is only 7%.
investment
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While the scope for profitable investment in manufacturing industry was limited, the owner-occupied housing market seemed ideal for loan capital.
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In approving costs the Profitboss sees nothing but a profitable investment opportunity.
market
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After all, an entrepreneur needs no assets to engage in profitable market participation.
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Businessmen looked for profitable markets and new sources of cheap raw materials; the military looked for overseas bases.
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In consequence there has not been an opportunity for profitable market entry by efficient private companies.
product
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This strategy is capable of converting them from the least profitable product group to the most profitable - for a time.
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Otherwise, mature profitable products may be loaded with the costs of new product development and closed down too quickly.
use
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The second priority is to manage the demand for water and re-allocate it to the most profitable uses .
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Whoever is bidding against them presumably has a profitable use for it.
venture
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It showed that it was not going to be a profitable venture over time.
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On the whole it was a profitable venture .
year
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Copgo Wood Group enjoyed a profitable year with strong service sales to its oil company and geothermal customers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a profitable business
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I had a very profitable conversation with Jack today.
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It's only in the last year that our business has become profitable . Before that we were just managing to cover our costs.
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Many small hospitals are struggling to stay profitable .
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We don't sell children's clothes any more - it wasn't profitable enough.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Co. in San Francisco said oil companies had been expected to turn in a highly profitable quarter.
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It also is, very often, more profitable .
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It is a profitable business but there is evidence of some slack time, perhaps this is a learning curve effect.
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Observance of reasonable guidelines designed to encourage increased and profitable participation by Network members in cross-border transactions.
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The investments will only be profitable when the following conditions apply:.
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To finance the delays, the company took on a series of routine programming and trouble-shooting projects, which proved consistently profitable .
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Whether such a small mass payback is economically profitable is far from obvious.