Sentence examples for has proved highly profitable from inspiring English sources

But instead the state faces an electricity shortage so severe that the governor has turned off the lights on the official Christmas tree -- a shortage that has proved highly profitable to power companies, and raised suspicions of market manipulation.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed breaking up the agency responsible for both policing the oil industry and acting as its partner in drilling activities, seeking to end a decades-old relationship between industry and government that has proved highly profitable — and some say too cozy — for both.

Cashflows were magnificent, as nobody new entered the market, while territories such as Russia, Brazil, Nigeria and Indonesia have proved highly profitable.

Some medicines designated as orphan products, perhaps most notably Glivec/Gleevec, have proved highly profitable.

The bail-out has proved highly contentious.

But has proved highly controversial.

This statistic has proven highly controversial.

That approach has proven highly successful.

Relations with its eastern neighbours are not only mostly cordial but have also proved highly profitable.A predominantly Catholic country, Austria wears its faith lightly.

Over the years, the Eastern shuttle has flown 60 million passengers and proved highly profitable.

Forest didn't have the capital to develop its own drugs, so Solomon went in through the back door by marketing generics–a strategy that proved highly profitable as insurers looked for ways to shave medical costs.