Sentence examples for fortune passing from inspiring English sources

Yet these Wall Street speculators pay zero taxes while making a fortune passing electrons back and forth millions of times a day, all the while destabilizing our economy.

Her death brought material losses: her house in London and her fortune passed to cousins.

He had adopted his wife's son from an earlier marriage and the fortune passed to him and his descendants.

His interest in the family fortune passed to the charitable Joachim Herz Foundation.

The Lewis fortune passed to Elizabeth Lewis, who married the Other Windsor, 3rd Earl of Plymouth, the principal landowner in Cardiff, Penarth and Barry.

Unless Chiltern lies to the House, she will reveal to the world that he made his initial fortune by passing on privileged information.

This is a relatively significant shift from previous statements the 75-year old has made; many believed most of the investment guru's fortune would pass to his Buffett Foundation.

If she is deemed insane, the fortune is passed to the person named in the second will.

Recognising also that substantial death duties would become payable on his death, Richard drew up a will based around a trust that would allow his fortune to pass to the surviving children of his brother and half sister, a total of 19 beneficiaries.

Through such transubstantiation, many fortunes have passed into enduring civic institutions.

Other permanent residents include two peacocks, three chickens (Bob Ross, a blind 21-year-old white-crested Polish show rooster with a gift for fortune-telling, passed on last month), four dogs and a cat.