Sentence examples for bequest with from inspiring English sources

Tate last year acquired 287 works through purchase or bequest, with a total value of more than £8m.

The 1913 Altman bequest, with more tangible gifts, provides the show's only coherent installation, mainly because it holds so many Golden Age essentials.

Now the bequest, with works by Wassily Kandinsky and Mark Rothko, and Spanish artists including Pablo Picasso (whose wood-panel painting "Mousquetaire, Tête, 1967" is prominent), is an important part of the Museo's anchor collection.As well as displaying art, the museum will also focus on the teaching of curation and museology.

Macdonnell apparently split the bequest with Graham, since they had shut the gate together.

The death of wealthy Indianapolis resident John Herron in 1895 left a substantial bequest with the stipulation that the money be used for a gallery and a school with his name.

In his will, Stevens made a number of bequests, with much of his estate to his nephew Thaddeus Jr., on condition that he refrain from alcohol.

The bequest met with strident opposition from Nobel's family and from many Swedes, including King Oscar II, who were outraged by the idea that non-Swedes could benefit from the prizes.

Frehner said: "The Board of Trustees and Directors of Kunstmuseum Bern are surprised and delighted, but at the same time do not wish to conceal the fact that this magnificent bequest brings with it a considerable burden of responsibility and a wealth of questions of the most difficult and sensitive kind, and questions in particular of a legal and ethical nature".

A benefit of leaving a charitable bequest, compared with inter vivos giving, is that a charitable bequest can help people 'to live' on, an important motivation for charitable bequestors (Sargeant and Shang 2008).

An unwanted gift from a predecessor, parent or older sibling is derogated as a hand-me-down; a happier, lasting bequest is called a legacy with legs.

So my message for Father's Day is simple: Celebrate the bequest of fatherhood with something simpler, deeper and truer than an artificial verse on a store-bought card.