Sentence examples for their foundations in from inspiring English sources

The great 19th-century philanthropists laid down their fortunes and set up their foundations in the days when profits were fat, taxes thin and labour weak.

All three companies amassed stables of brands that took them far beyond their foundations in carbonated soda, though it remained the cash cow.

Mr. Hewlett is joined by the other heirs of the company founders, William Hewlett and David Packard, and their foundations in opposition.

From their foundations in mutual-aid societies, police unions, and the independent strike councils (soviets) that had emerged during the revolution, new trade unions multiplied in October and November of 1905.

They did not have basements that flooded — Mr. Fenton, 38, lives in an apartment on the 11th floor — or buildings that slipped off their foundations in winds that were really only a bit below hurricane strength.

"You have some buildings that have been designed, where people have spent enormous sums on architectural plans and the financing is in place, but for some reason they can't get their foundations in time".

Those ideals of genuine personhood and good government had their foundation in the spiritual values inculcated by Luba religion.

Equal representation had been one of the "big energising factors" that led to their foundation in 1999.

While the Romneys made contributions to their foundation in stock, they made an additional $1.5 million in gifts to the Mormon Church in cash in 2010.

The Microsoft founder and his wife, who are worth $79bn, set up their foundation in 2000 and its endowment was more than $44bn at the end of 2014, making it the biggest private foundation in the world.

The couple started their foundation in 1987 with "a couple of million," Mr. Stern said, from his share of the $160 million that he and his father, Milton Stern, had received from selling their perfume-making business (called Parfums Stern) to Avon Products.