Sentence examples for made a surplus of from inspiring English sources

Last year, this charitable enterprise made a surplus of £25m.

Affinity Sutton now manages nearly 60,000 homes across the country and made a surplus of £145m last year.

Yet Cruz, described by Senate colleague John McCain as a "wackobird", has made a surplus of enemies in Washington.

It made a surplus of £98.8m in 2012-13, up from £86.1m the previous year, while revenue slipped by 3% to £347m.

But the vital statistic is that, thanks to their appealing schedules, they made a surplus of £16m during 2007, a profit for the first time, compared with a loss of £17.6m last year.

Explaining the decision to summon Pugh, Keith Vaz, chairman of the home affairs select committee, said: "We are very concerned about what appears to be this huge backlog, given that the Passport Office made a surplus of £73m last year".

The "vast majority of councils" are not making a surplus on any of their charges, said the chair of the Local Government Association.

The data has emerged the day after Paul Pugh, the head of the Passport Office, told parliament that the agency is due to make a surplus of £50m even though the backlog of applications has exceeded 500,000.

He also accused the Passport Office of "profiting from public hardship" by making a surplus of almost £13 on each application.

When he joined, the theatre's productions needed to make a surplus of £67,000 per year in order to balance the books.

Why is the chancellor making a surplus out of people's misery?