Example sentences of "[noun] bequeathed by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is dispersals of this People 's University of books bequeathed by the Victorians and their successors up to the postwar years that are the real reason for the library 's losing its soul , as Richard Hoggart so aptly put it . |
| 2 | On the following 18 October , he was asked to consult with his staff colleagues and such other veterinarians as he might think fit , ‘ with regard to the terms upon which the funds bequeathed by the late Professor Coleman for the advancement of Veterinary Science can be best appropriated … ‘ |
| 3 | Renoir 's La Parisienne , ‘ The Blue Lady ’ is one of a series of masterpieces by the French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists bequeathed by the sisters Gwendoline and Margaret Davies , grand-daughters of a Welsh coal magnate |
| 4 | All the works bequeathed by the Stangls are to be re-examined by experts and the results of their labours will be seen in a comprehensive exhibition planned for the end of 1993 whose aim will be to highlight both the international importance of the collection and the activities of Otto and Etta Stangl . |
| 5 | He could not even pay the small army he desperately needed to reconquer America ; still less could he pay the inflated army bequeathed by the War of Independence . |
| 6 | The telephone system bequeathed by the socialist regime is another dampener : being cut off from the outside world is bad for business . |
| 7 | Attlee could and did capitalize on another legacy bequeathed by the war years . |