Sentence examples for on proceeds of from inspiring English sources

More than just unalloyed greed, these seizures are supported by local governments that have come to rely on proceeds of land sales and development to pay for day-to-day operations.

"I could probably have paid for half of a quite modest central London one-bedroom flat on the proceeds of my work as a homosexual impersonator," he writes in the latest Spectator.

But any plans of retiring on the proceeds of radio stardom are on hold at the moment as the team members give their time to the site and the show free.

Even if the item winds up selling below its normal market price, Swoopo can make money from these bids (the site does sometimes lose money on an auction, but relies on the proceeds of other auctions to cover them).

Consider the world of the movie: Chicago, in which the main players are organised criminals and inept cops, and in which even talented musicians have to live on loans from their girlfriends and on the proceeds of gambling.

During this period, Carter had a series of disastrous love affairs, and at least one abortion, while living hand to mouth on the proceeds of journalism and the odd royalty cheque from her early novels.

He is building his own house, on the proceeds of his watermelon business.

Her predecessors started real estate empires and bought Mercedes cars on the proceeds of their work.

In recent years, she had lived in Southern California on the proceeds of her revival.

Soon afterwards, Vaughan went to London on the proceeds of a prize to design a furniture exhibition stand.

It is also punishing those who rely on the proceeds of their nest eggs to pay the bills.