Sentence examples for but was less profitable from inspiring English sources

A second operation, the "American Mine", was owned by a series of investors in the western section of the Yogo dike, but was less profitable and bought out by the syndicate that owned the English Mine.

Holstein-Friesian cows were more profitable at CSR80 but were less profitable at CSR100.

(Tea was also grown in the Caribbean, but it was less profitable than the other two).

Mayor Bloomberg accounted for a substantial part of Quadrangle's business, but because he paid lower fees than other clients, his business was less profitable for the firm.

Finally, Airtex decided it had to pay for training itself, even if that meant the company was less profitable for a while.

In this way the villagers diversified their economy and were able to gain income from tree crops at times when fishing was less profitable.

Selection for background markers was less profitable in this study than recovering the donor genome by selection on phenotype.

It would only contemplate a more upmarket rival, but that would be less profitable.

But critics call that a spurious argument and note that European banks, Deutsche Bank included, have been tightfisted on lending since the financial crisis — not because of capital requirements but because lending is less profitable than activities like trading.

The Potvins say they have considered switching to plastic but decided it would be less profitable.

That means in the longer-term, banking will be less profitable, but I think this is an inevitable result of this crisis.