Sentence examples for estate handed over from inspiring English sources

Part of the thrill for us was having this tremendous block of real estate handed over to do whatever we wanted".

After his death at the age of 88 in 1986, the estate was handed over to a foundation charged with conserving the work and reputation of the artist and the setting in which his work was created.

So, the thinking goes, in a post-monarchy UK, while the royals would still have a private wealth in the multi-millions – thanks in part to their extensive property portfolio – all profits generated by the Crown Estate would be handed over to the people.

Slum tourism can create the space for land to be handed over to private real estate companies, or it can act as part of the resistance.

After his funeral it was discovered that he had collected more taxes from his estates than he had handed over to the authorities; his son Pieter eventually repaid his father's debts.

(He was publicly humiliated, and was forced to convert from Judaism to Christianity; the authorities handed over his estate and half his money to his enemies).

And what of Buckingham Palace, which – as part of the Crown Estate – would also theoretically be handed over?

Late last year, a new law handed over vast real estate to religious organizations (the Russian Orthodox church is of course the major benefactor), and Putin has promised government funding for religious schools.

Peter Cruddas, the multimillionaire currency trader who grew up on a Hackney housing estate and left school with no qualifications, handed over £123,600, while his business, CMC Markets UK, donated £100,000.

Any other assets will be handed over to the Crown Estate and invested into charitable foundations.

Polly handed over the keys to the estate agent and I ventured up to the allotment.