Sentence examples for striking estates from inspiring English sources

The concentration in bequests is also striking: estates worth $20m or more made up 0.4% of their total number but 58% of their value.In most countries, total giving has been rising slowly, although the outpouring of public sympathy after a series of natural disasters made 2005 a bumper year for donations.

It is a striking piece of real estate, showcased to great effect by the owners, Marc Haskell and Chris Siversen, who opened Maritime Parc in August.

And in March, the estate — a striking example of midcentury modern architecture, hidden in a stunning setting in the desert and ringed by mountains — will for the first time be open for public viewing.

While the sites obviously allow people to bypass estate agents completely, HouseWeb managing director Mark Desvaux said growing numbers of vendors are doubling their chances of striking lucky by using an estate agent and a website.

Among the more striking images is a real estate office standing nearly alone on a small sliver of land, the area around it eroded by ocean water.

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Now she has spent $20 million on a striking mansion and $10 million on adjacent land to create a 9-acre mountaintop estate in the same community.

And it is also true that the area contains some striking modern architecture, such as the 1960s Golden Lane estate, complete with tower and wavy roof, and the Barbican complex itself.

But almost certainly it will have confirmed at last a striking fact about our contemporary world: that the fourth estate is not what it was as a force in political and social affairs.

With the United States committed to de-Baathification, the clerics face an open field.In the sprawling impoverished estates of northern Baghdad, their authority is even more striking.