| But in his haste to maximise takings by admitting all and sundry, Mr Doan has alienated his customer base. |
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| It is debatable how far the certificate affected the film's box office takings. |
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| Mr Braun said he hadn't seen a fall in takings to date but feared that shoppers would be driven away. |
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| Though there were more half-paisas than whole paisas, Bhikhu's daily takings were between five and six annas, and sometimes almost eight annas. |
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| Lizzy had done a gig the night before and Philip was divvying up the takings. |
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| Together with gate receipts, bar takings and sponsorship. the books are just about balanced. |
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| As a goodwill gesture Mr Smith said he would be contributing some of his days' takings to help pay back the stolen money. |
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| As audiences dwindled, Apollo's pledge to keep the cinema open until a buyer could be found died with the box office takings. |
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| The counterfeits were discovered when the shopkeepers tried paying their takings into the bank. |
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| Companies may operate as shops-within-shops and pay rent as a percentage of takings to the host store. |
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| Not only did the money go, the takings of our flag day, but he took the only set of weights we had for training. |
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| And should drug dealers get tax deductions if their business takings are stolen by fellow crims? |
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| The tattoo parlour will donate half of its takings from customers who request a body piercing tomorrow. |
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| The day's takings were improved by a generous gesture by local couple Phil and Lesley Easton, who gave a mountain bike to be auctioned. |
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| Landlord Oliver Cleary is expecting a dip in takings when 10 of his regulars jet off for their annual golf tour to Portugal next month. |
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| Industry takings rely on the sale of alcohol and the more they sell, the better their profits. |
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| After many years in the doldrums, cinema groups are reporting a massive increase in takings, as crowds flock back to the big screen. |
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| Thousands flocked to the three resorts last weekend and business takings were well up. |
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| The venture has proved so popular that the business has doubled its takings every year. |
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| The majority wrongly dismissed these as hypotheticals when in fact such takings are already occurring throughout the country. |
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| When the clock struck 10 pm, Mr Gunn cashed up the day's takings and closed the premises, ready to go home. |
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| The estimated box-office takings for most of this year's British films show how grim the situation is. |
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| Hotels and guesthouses simply can't cope with the fall in takings now facing them. |
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| A terrified woman taxi driver kept her nerve when a male passenger pulled out a flick knife and demanded her takings. |
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| It says that there is no principled way to decide that some limitations on land use are takings and others are not. |
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| Unlike census officials, newspaper proprietors have a keen interest in counting the newspapers and the takings. |
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| Open the tills, count the takings at the end of the night and don't count the cost! |
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| At the end of the day he compares the tally of customers with the takings to ensure his profit margin. |
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| Retailers can examine the till takings in a branch across the city, without having to lay a cable out there. |
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| All takings from the gate will go to Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin. |
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| The club announced it was donating the entire evenings takings to the families of the missing firemen. |
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| Meanwhile angry shopkeepers in Blackfen Road say takings are down by more than half. |
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| Chicago has already won critical acclaim and attracted big box office takings in London and the United States. |
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| I'd also like to see London theatres being upfront for once by publishing their weekly takings. |
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| He was walking to a nearby post office to deposit his takings when he was held up. |
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| Some businesses said they had experienced a drop in takings when it came to the closure because many customers were not willing to take an indirect route. |
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| What happens after the festival awards are dished out, after the cinemas count their box office takings, after the international seminars and critical studies? |
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| In fact, Michigan started the downward trend in takings jurisprudence. |
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| A bakery chain in Düsseldorf suspected that the saleswoman in one of its shops was pocketing a part of the daily takings. |
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| Since the middle of March, takings have been pretty consistently up on the equivalent sessions a year ago, and in recent weeks markedly so. |
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| For the first time since January, six films managed £1m in weekend takings at the UK box office, spreading the wealth evenly. |
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| The takings from the sale of Easter decorations and eggs go towards nutrition programmes for mothers and their children. |
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| Another immediate response to the levy was to provide German water managers with continuously updated information on takings and water use. |
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| New or expanded takings that would remove water from watersheds that already have a high level of water removed are not allowed. |
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| Tills are tallied on a daily basis, making it possible to identify any disparities in takings. |
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| In addition to inflicting grave injustices on property owners, takings that transfer property to powerful private interests are not needed to rescue distressed urban areas. |
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| Surveys of local businesses suggest takings have fallen slightly. |
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| On the day, everyone at the tea room will be wearing yellow T-shirts, serving yellow drinks and food and donating their tips and 20 per cent of the day's takings. |
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| I unlocked the office and settled for the morning's work of cashing up the previous day's takings, within less than a minute the fire alarm sounded! |
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| It also claimed the school was being hit financially because too many youngsters were bringing packed lunches and not enough takings were being made from school dinners. |
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| Once they find takings dwindling they will be off and away to pastures new and local traders will not be able to afford the high rents and rates, so lots of empty shops. |
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| That is the core of his beliefs in terms of takings. So he is an ideolog. He does not have the temperament for the bench. |
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| Rachel Dyson, defending, said the money came from petty cash in the safe and takings from a health and beauty parlour. |
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| Nearly 500 restaurants joined in and wore their Tdh aprons, sending their takings on 16th October, World Food Day, to help Tdh in its work for undernourished children in fifteen of the poorest countries. |
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| The provinces have the authority under their legislation to grant water licences or authorizations for water uses, the construction of dams and other works in lakes and streams and water takings, etc. |
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| The operating company is not involved in the process at all even though occasionally it receives part of the takings as remuneration for its work. |
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| Due to its flotation in water, it can obstruct the water takings. |
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| Oddball 23-year-old Sing He, 23, threatened to blow up a restaurant in Benxi, China, unless they handed him the day's takings. |
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| It is sometimes difficult to explain why box office takings are low. |
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| It should also be noted that the revenue actually received by the park is lower than that mentioned in the contract, bearing in mind that taxes and all specific costs have to be deducted from the takings. |
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| Are we only able to measure film quality in terms of box office takings? |
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| Last year, takings of over CHF 500,000 enabled dozens of children to have surgery in the university hospitals of Lausanne and Geneva and ensured their convalescence at the Maison of Terre des hommes in the canton of Valais. |
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| He was forced at gunpoint to hand over the takings before the robber escaped in a car. |
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| Despite record takings last year, they blame the crumbling economy and spiralling costs of shows for axing dwarf stars. |
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| Fred was concerned because the takings from his sweetshop had fallen again for the third week. |
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| A merchant would be away from home most of the year, carrying his takings in cash in his saddlebag. |
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| With few star players, the attendance at matches was low, and therefore the club takings suffered. |
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| The lone thug, his face covered with a balaclava, brandished the pistol in front of the shocked guard and ordered him to hand over the takings. |
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| Bermondsey-based Journeys installs scores of its micro-cell bunk beds for hostellers who can boost landlords' food and drink takings through their added custom. |
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| Heathen groups assemble for rituals in order to mark rites of passage, seasonal observances, oath takings, rites devoted to a specific deity, and for rites of need. |
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| When we totalled the takings, we always got a different figure. |
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