Sentence examples for major bequest from inspiring English sources

"Not only is he being generous during his own lifetime, but there will be a major bequest coming".

The museum's collective mind has lately been concentrated elsewhere: on its physical expansion and on a recent major bequest of paintings.

The foundation itself gave away $23 million, or about the same as in the previous year, thanks in part to a major bequest it received in late 2006.

"Dallas Price had planned to give us a major bequest, but then she decided she didn't want to wait but rather give us a donation while she is still very active," said Jeremy Strick, the museum's director.

This major bequest includes works by a veritable pantheon of modern and contemporary artists among them Jean-Michel Basquiat, Stuart Davis, Fernand Léger, Joan Miró, James Rosenquist, and David Smith.

This large-scale showing of the collection comes in advance of Sigg's major bequest to the M+ Museum, opening in 2019, in Hong Kong.

Rumors abound about major bequests to pets, although facts are difficult to pin down.

The will she left on her death in 1918 made many major bequests.

Designated space has also been made for the museum's major bequests of work by Turner, Blake and Henry Moore.

The British royal family received no major bequests.

Designed by Stirling Prize winning architects Caruso St John, it holds a major private bequest of the artist Jacob Epstein's personal collection that includes work by Modigliani and Lucian Freud, alongside masterpieces by artists such as Van Gogh, Monet and Constable.