Sentence examples for obsession with property from inspiring English sources

The national obsession with property has deep foundations.

Our political apathy, our materialistic obsession with property ownership, our disinclination to pursue alternative lifestyles all explain why communes and squats are in decline.

Alexander: The Help to Buy Votes is a really, really important step forward in our bid to fuel the British obsession with property ownership.

But in general, and despite our national obsession with property and mass ownership – now running at about 68 per cent – the exhibition subtly hammers home the point that British home design is in need of improvement.

Obviously part of the reason is the public and media obsession with property values in Britain and the nervousness of any politician in suggesting that there should be fair taxes on property.

But, although David Eldridge's riveting new play has its roots in this allegiance-shifting Essex town, he also uses it to explore the rancour, grudge-bearing and obsession with property among migrant East End families.

The AOL $1.1 billion deal with Microsoft, involving the sale or licensing of more than 1,100 patents, highlights the technology world's obsession with intellectual property.

Delhi's obsession with money, property, power and outward display is the "diametric opposite" of the detached, spiritual outlook of the city's wealthy before 1947, Dasgupta says.

The review of health and safety legislation we have just seen notwithstanding, people often do need protecting from themselves, particularly when it comes to the peculiarly British obsession with the property market.

The WTO trade talks could succeed if EU member states were ready to end unfair privileges, such as unsustainable agricultural subsidies and an obsession with intellectual property rights even in the poorest countries.

"This is a case where a brother places his obsession with money and property over his sisters," said Ely J. Rosenzveig, Evelyn's rabbi and a lawyer who is assisting the sisters' legal counsel, Scott J. Steiner.