Sentence examples for massive estates from inspiring English sources

Brazil faces two related environmental problems, based on its highly unequal system of land ownership, which means that a tiny elite hold massive estates, while millions remain landless.

The poet Paul Farley has compared the building of massive estates on the periphery of British cities, to which millions of former inner-city dwellers moved between the 1920s and 1970s, to the Highland clearances of the 18th and 19th centuries.

About 20 miles beyond the red-tile roofs of downtown Santa Barbara, it begins: the rolling blond hills that go indecently green in spring, the massive estates and miniature horses, the sprawling vineyards and "Sideways" scenery, the dude ranch with 10,000 acres, the old stagecoach stop with boar on the menu and bikers in the parking lot.... Santa Barbara County's wine country has a lot to offer.

Those who advocate a massive estate development programme across the capital will think it far too conservative.

Iris Records, a long-running music store based in an old pharmacy in Jersey City, has announced a massive estate-sale of vintage vinyl in an apartment in midtown Manhattan, starting this afternoon.

— John Donohue Iris Records, a long-running music store based in an old pharmacy in Jersey City, has announced a massive estate-sale of vintage vinyl in an apartment in midtown Manhattan, starting this afternoon.

Set in the waning years of Edwardian England, it tells the story of Christopher Tietjens, a solid Tory and the heir to massive estate, who endures a fraught marriage with his unfaithful and alluringly venomous wife, Sylvia, while denying himself love and happiness with a young woman called Valentine Wannop.

Burnt Point, a massive estate which includes a primary residence and 25 acres (but the land parcels can be bought separately) was built by Campbell, and an estimated $2 million has gone into landscaping alone.

Another newcomer is a massive estate located at Conyers Farm, an ultra-exclusive gated community in Greenwich, formerly home to Rosie O'Donnell Rosie O'Donnell and currently home to director Ron Howard Ron Howard and newswoman Paula Zahn Paula Zahn.

Every year KROQ rents a massive estate in the desert and parties with tons of acts playing at the fest.

Once the party got started, it became clear that the benefit of CoSM's massive estate means far more elbow room than your typical city fête.