Sentence examples for generated a margin from inspiring English sources

The TGV network made a profit of €798m in 2008 and generated a margin, or return on sales, of 18.5% – far higher than the average of around 3% for UK train operators.

For us it's through the gate and unless we have sufficient scope to generate a margin then other investments go on the back burner.

So you first must generate a margin, and then you take those dollars and you reinvest in taking care of those who can't take care of themselves and to be able to push and take care of the communities.

Most national opinion surveys use a sample of at least 1,000 people, which generates a margin of error of about plus or minus 3% – that is to say if an opinion poll places a party's support at 40%, that means the real figure whould be between 37% and 43%.

"We need to break even, then generate positive cash flow and generate a margin that is interesting to shareholders," he told us.

"We need to break even, then generate positive cash flow and generate a margin that is interesting to shareholders," he says.

Last year, FT Publishing turned over £358m and generated an operating margin of 11%.

On the regulated services in the capital it generated a lower 9.8% margin.

In terms of cash flow, or earnings before taxes, interest and depreciation, the mobile business generated a reasonably healthy margin of 22percentt.

"If we can generate 20percentt of our sales from private label, and have a 60percentt margin, while the other 80percentt of sales generates a 35percentt margin, that's a definite contributor to cash".

Amazon's net margins are less than 1%, while Alibaba generates a net margin of more than 40% (as per the latest fiscal year annual reports).