Sentence examples for sought profits from inspiring English sources

But doctors have sought profits for centuries, as they had to, to make a living.

With a diminished army of brokers, Mr O'Neal sought profits from having Merrill invest directly in high-risk mortgages.

Wall Street, of course, has always sought profits — but if greed were to be countenanced, it should be long-term greed, not short-term greed, in the words of Gus Levy, who led Goldman Sachs in the 1960s and '70s.

Affordable housing advocates praised the outcome because they said it sent a warning to other landlords that bought apartments at the peak of the real estate boom and sought profits by pressuring lower-paying renters to leave and replacing them with higher-paying tenants.

Senior Cecil sought profits to fund preservation; Bill Jr. wants to maximize returns.

Templeton sought profits after deducting expenses and taxes.

They sought profit in other lines — fancy ways of trading and financing things.

Historians may quibble that Ms. Martin's model exaggerates the differences between colonies: Puritans sought profit too, and Virginians prayed.

Fishing began in earnest in the 1950s as long-line and drift-net fleets sought profit in open ocean species such as tuna, swordfish, marlin and shark.

Unemployment rose, the wealth gap widened dramatically, jobs moved overseas, the financial industry deregulated, and environmental degradation increased in the U.S. as businesses sought profit.

Some are charities; others seek profits.