Sentence examples for high-value pieces from inspiring English sources

From the Marx Brothers film "Animal Crackers" In the chess game of urban revitalization, cultural institutions are high-value pieces.

With many of the high-value pieces off the board, the real contest began: the march of the pawns.

But now collectors are loath to part with anything if they don't have to, and few high-value pieces are coming to auction.

The department said in a statement that investigators had found evidence in some of the vaults that "certain select high-value pieces" had been stolen from the storage sites.

Faced with a well-to-do woman with money to spend, store employees would relax their rules and bring out multiple high-value pieces at once, and Payne would quickly slip the expensive baubles on and off until the employee lost track and she could easily leave with one in hand.

Secured loans are type of loan that uses a high-value piece of property (most commonly a house, but sometimes a car or another valuable piece of property) as collateral.

In whatever way the raid was carried out, Mr Kirkham says the chances of high value pieces being recovered isn't high.

Hire experts to pack and move your paintings if you have high value pieces or a lot of paintings in your art collection.

The institution owns the Chrysler Building and other pieces of high-value New York real estate, but the cost of upkeep isn't keeping up with revenue.

These can be very small pieces of high-value food, your dog's favorite toy, etc. Show your dog the treat you have, and immediately move quickly away from your dog.

It is common for kidnappers in Afghanistan to negotiate a piece of the ultimate ransom payments or accept cash for handing over a high-value snatch.