Sentence examples for making a gain from inspiring English sources

Mr. Scrushy took in $143 million over the years from selling stock, apparently making a gain of $77 million after subtracting what he paid for shares.

But returns in some parts of the country were weaker, with the average property investor making a gain of 2.6% in the north-east, and 4.5% in Yorkshire and Humberside, according to the Property Partner Residential Market Index (PPRMI).

Furthermore subsection (1)(b) of the Act requires for the offence to be made out that a person must make the representation with the intention of making a gain or causing loss or risk of loss to another.

Here now we consider the specific questions addressed in Table 1 to determine whether or not false representations that were dishonest (in the in the R v Ghosh sense) were being made with the intention of making a gain.

For its latest campaign, the watchdog said it was using the concept of "loss aversion", saying: "In certain situations people are more likely to be motivated by realising they may lose something, than the prospect of making a gain".

A factor that may have contributed to these results is the SG itself: individuals have been found to attach a higher preference to avoiding a loss than to making a gain, even if the loss and gain are of the same magnitude (Tversky and Kahneman, 1981).

By the way, there was someone who made a gain.

The happy part is, Eric has made a gain.

So the employee has effectively made a gain.

SEPTEMBER IN THE LEAD Corn Closes Lower While Oats and Rye Develop Strength and Make a Gain.

In the same seats, the Tories have only made a gain of 0.9%.