Selling lower cost equivalent homes to residents in the Albuquerque area proved a more legal and lucrative proposition.

It had been a very lucrative proposition for him, though he had stopped caring about the profits years ago.

But it wasn't until recently that, owing to advances in drilling technology, extracting the gas became a lucrative proposition.

Nicotine's Future Developing new drugs that selectively target specific subtypes of nicotine receptors is an expensive, albeit potentially lucrative, proposition.

Elizabeth Kolbert, in her article about fracking and natural gas, mentions that Marcellus shale-gas extraction has become "a lucrative proposition" (Comment, December 5th).

The business of turning crude oil into gasoline, jet fuel or heating oil has rarely been a lucrative proposition.

Build a better nymphet: it's a lucrative proposition, with female teen-age-oriented artists still relatively rare, and the appeal of such imaginary girlfriends proved by the success of Britney Spears.

And it can be a lucrative proposition.

Working, even at Catch a Rising Star, is not exactly a lucrative proposition.

The rising rates began to choke off the kind of economic growth that Canada and the United States expect from Mexico to make the North American trade agreement a lucrative three-way proposition.