As professional baseball became increasingly profitable, players frequently raised grievances against owners over issues of control and equitable income distribution.

During the late 1840s and throughout the 1850s, the family patriarch's wine ventures were increasingly profitable.

The Curies did not patent their discovery and benefited little from this increasingly profitable business.

The study of nature quickly became part of the public school curriculum, making nature writing increasingly profitable.

The fund's involvement reflects the increasingly profitable nature of providing social care.

We had managed to eat into Chevy's market and make our dealer body increasingly profitable.

For one thing, it's become increasingly profitable.

An article on page 24 of the Arts and Leisure section today discusses the increasingly profitable contracts received by pop stars.

The latter is becoming organised and, unfortunately, is proving to be increasingly profitable.

It is one of the few banks seen as offering competition to Citibank's increasingly profitable business across the emerging markets, both serving businesses and consumers.