noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a property/housing boom (= a sudden increase in house prices )
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People made a lot of money in the 1980s property boom.
commercial property (= property for businesses and industry )
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He decided to invest in commercial property.
community property
curative properties
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the spring’s alleged curative properties
freehold property
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a freehold property
hottest properties (= actors or sports players who are very popular )
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Michael Owen is already one of soccer’s hottest properties .
intellectual property
intrinsic nature/quality/value/property of sth
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There is nothing in the intrinsic nature of the work that makes it more suitable for women.
land/property/currency etc holding
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companies with large property holdings
lost property
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Thankfully, someone had handed my bag into Lost Property.
media/property/business/newspaper tycoon
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a multi-millionaire property tycoon
medicinal properties (= contain things that can cure medical problems )
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Garlic is believed to have medicinal properties .
private property
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Many communists objected to any form of private property .
property crime (= stealing from or damaging property )
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theft and other property crime
property developer
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a Florida property developer
property developer
property/land values
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Property values have fallen sharply.
real property
sb’s personal possessions/belongings/property
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All personal belongings should be clearly marked with the owner’s name.
the housing/property etc market
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Investors in the property market are worried about rising inflation.
view a house/an apartment/a property (= go to see a house etc that you are interested in buying )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
commercial
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He signed the deal in July 1989 - and by September the bottom had fallen out of the London commercial property market.
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Valmark guaranteed the loan with its three commercial properties in Chatsworth, which carried a value of $ 2. 2 million.
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Space savings can also provide hard cost savings, although this, of course, depends on commercial property rental values.
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Perhaps they all wanted to invest in commercial property .
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He has, he says, no wish to compromise the commercial and intellectual property rights of the research based pharmaceutical companies.
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Whilst training, I worked in three main areas: litigation, commercial property and company commercial.
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Investment in commercial properties in enterprise zones within 10 years of the creation of the zone attracts 100% initial allowance.
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Holiday homes and commercial property have been included among the lots to be auctioned.
intellectual
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Effective intellectual property protection underpins this continued research and development.
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The United States sees intellectual property rights as sacred, said Thomas Klitgaard, an attorney specializing in international law.
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In particular, it will focus on data protection and intellectual property implications for electronic record-keeping. 10.1.
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Last April, Kantor identified 38 countries who either denied protection of intellectual property or supported copyright and patent piracy.
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This agreement obliges countries to have measures for the intellectual property protection of plant varieties.
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In addition to inadequate protection of intellectual property rights these included a range of import tariffs, import licensing and customs practices.
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Since the world economy now rests more on brains than on brawn, intellectual property protection is crucial to honest trade.
other
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In other words private property serves to protect the individual's freedom.
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There are a number of other tensor properties which are needed in Chapters 6 and 7.
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If you feel you might prefer more modern accommodation we recommend you consider the other style of properties we offer.
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It may include land, livestock, buildings, money and many other forms of property owned by individuals or social groups.
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Chap. 7, which is necessarily brief, shows the relationships between the mechanical and other properties of polymers.
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As a result his losses have been minor compared with some other big property companies.
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Because it was sound sense to do so, they looked at other properties for sale.
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We are all well acquainted with that other property of living things - their ability to reproduce themselves.
personal
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He has appropriated his country's natural resources as his personal property .
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This is typically true in the case of taxes on land, personal property , and owner-occupied residences.
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The lower tenant also may suffer water damage to personal property .
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It is also important to notice how easily such a principle supports personal enterprise and property in its contemporary form, capitalism.
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Related Occupations Administrative services managers direct and coordinate support services and oversee the purchase, use, and disposal of personal property .
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Internally, people did distinguish personal property .
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This includes a 2-percent reduction in the corporate income tax rate and lower personal property taxes.
physical
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This can be attributed to its various physical properties .
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Physical knowledge is knowledge of the physical properties of objects derived by the manipulation of objects.
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Chemical Substances Pure substances have a fixed composition and well defined chemical and physical properties .
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Unfortunately, determining the physical properties of an asteroid be-fore its impact is quite challenging.
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Currently, the recogniser does not fully exploit information about the physical properties of the input.
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The physical properties that identify this mineral for mineralogists and jewelers set this substance apart.
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It had been conceded that the two forms of cocaine were chemically different and had different physical properties .
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What one has is the assembling of a recipe for constructing physical properties in complicated interrelationships.
private
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Indeed, one of the justifications of private property takes as its premise the idea that property ownership confers power.
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The reasons for doing so, he felt, are to establish order and to protect private property .
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In other words private property serves to protect the individual's freedom.
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When critical habitat is designated, it does not mean federal agents in unmarked helicopters start circling private property .
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These things, therefore, became little by little private property .
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These laws, they argued, had given federal bureaucrats excessive power to control use of private property .
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Classes and private property grow out of the family and together these various factors lead to the break-up of the gens.
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The right to private property would be constitutionally guaranteed.
public
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But the argument is that the genome is public property -- it needs a different structure of ownership.
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Supervisor Michael Yaki thinks it should be easier than that to obtain entry to public property .
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An attendant warned us not to deface public property .
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None the less, all the sites from which the Falls were visible would eventually be on public property .
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At the end of this period, the musical work becomes public property .
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In some areas, developers who build on public property are assessed special fees to help pay for historic preservation.
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Then it becomes public property and you can, for a small fee, obtain a copy from Somerset House in London.
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City and county government have the option to ban weapons on public property .
real
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Not all the interests in land known to the law were included in the category of real property .
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Thus, security investments generally are capital assets, but items of real and depreciable property used in the business are not.
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But by the late 1800s the trust emerged again, not just in the field of real property .
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None of our citizens owned real property , nor were we subject to municipal tax.
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All property other than real property and chattels real is classed as chattels personal.
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They differ from real property in two main respects.
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The Statute of Uses has been repealed; and future legal estates in real property can not now be created.
residential
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There has been no free market in residential property since the early years of this century.
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The Wangs and family members also own millions of dollars in real estate, including nine residential properties in Woodside.
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The dwellings will be so designed to provide a satisfactory level of privacy for adjoining residential properties . 3.
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Homeowners who want to sell their homes without a real estate agent can now advertise their residential properties free on the Internet.
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Saunders had a degree in psychiatry, but he was breaking the law by using residential property for the transaction of business.
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In 1998, the residential property tax classification accounted for approximately 59 percent of the city's total tax capacity.
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The proceeds of the issue will be used to buy up to 76 residential properties in Greenwich.
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The foreclosure pain hit record levels in March of last year, when 15, 475 residential property owners went into foreclosure.
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developer
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STOKESLEY-based property developer and builder, Avon, is to build a £4m industrial park at South Bank, Middlesbrough.
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Bock, a one-time property developer , himself owns 19 percent of the company.
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The deal means property developer Legacy will turn the Dome into a hi-tech business park.
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Last month he announced he had won his eight-year battle to save Stamford Bridge from property developers .
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Charles Keating, once a successful Phoenix property developer , has become the bankrupt symbol of the multi-billion dollar savings-and-loan debacle.
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The wealthy Detroit property developer of shopping malls enjoyed the social prestige of owning the world's largest auction house.
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One of those killed was a suspect turned witness in the April 1989 murder of a prominent property developer .
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Yet doubts remain about its heavy lending to property developers and over-borrowed companies.
market
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It announced a loss of £2.8m, on a turnover of £13.5m, thanks mainly to write-downs in the depressed property market .
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Such speculative gains were seen as more often lying in the property market than in industrial capitalization.
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Bank lending to the property market dried up, some property firms have gone bust and land prices have begun to slip.
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Throughout the property market , deals that had been nearly completed were called off.
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Furthermore, the current state of the property market encourages landowners and both existing and prospective tenants to strike complex deals.
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There was no competition either from demands for overseas investment, and a large-scale property market did not exist.
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East Anglia has been particularly affected by the fall in the property market .
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Its symptoms are familiar: feeble monetary growth, a weak property market and a distressed banking system.
owner
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Damp Damp is the biggest fear of property owners when considering basements.
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First, property owners add the tax to the rents which tenants are charged.
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Many also consider restitution unfair on the grounds that everybody suffered under Communism but only property owners will receive compensation.
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The proposed law would upset that balance in favor of property owners .
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The power of each property owner is checked by the corresponding power of each other property owner.
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The mood on the street is positive, and the larger property owners appear to recognize the potential benefits.
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Other Republicans argue that state bonds are financed by all taxpayers, not just property owners .
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It now remains for property owners to find new uses for old buildings that were designed with a single purpose in mind.
price
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We now need to consider the effect of rapidly rising property prices on individual behaviour.
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Rising property prices or share prices cause homeowners and shareholders to feel more wealthy - this is known as the wealth effect.
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This means fresh consideration of factors like tax regimes, property prices , travel convenience and even lifestyle.
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But opponents say it will almost double the population of little Deadwood, sending property prices skyrocketing.
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Some of the highest property prices anywhere are in fume-ridden Manhattan and in cleaner but nevertheless congested central Tokyo.
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It has a shortage of office space, soaring property prices , huge traffic problems and relatively high unemployment.
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Stock exchanges and property prices collapsed, so the debts became overwhelming.
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Through their impact on property prices , local taxes can have important implications for mobility of labour.
state
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Ownership is obviously central to the disposal of state property - privatization - in the move to a market economy.
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Several years ago, he said he was arrested for cutting and selling timber on state property .
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One of the returnees, Nguyen Van Khang, was detained on arrival in Hanoi for allegedly stealing state property .
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The Forbes article stated that Glushkov was convicted in 1982 of theft of state property .
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In the end we won because I went to the state property register to get her details.
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Legislation needed to establish a cemetery on state property whisked through the Texas legislature.
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Instead, a central fund for state property will be set up to sell large and medium-sized companies.
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The officers pushed the desk away, telling Hill the flag was state property , as an aide to Gov.
tax
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The obvious contradiction that this created between Reagan as campaigner and as governor was partly offset by compensatory reductions in property taxes .
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Therefore, an increase in, say, sales or property taxes will increase costs and reduce supply.
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The capital cost is to be financed from a local property tax .
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A general obligation bond is repaid through property taxes .
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Rates had very low administration costs; hence the case for reintroducing some form of property tax .
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For example, even when land is sold, the property tax is not likely to be shifted.
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Like the poll tax , this property tax is deeply flawed.
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It could start by reducing the property tax rate, charging everyone less, including Tucson residents.
value
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Oates found that property values were negatively correlated to the tax rate.
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Not only do property values erode and tax revenues dip.
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Yields, expressed as a percentage, indicate the annual rent as a proportion of the property value .
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Now the grand structure can only enhance property values .
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The combination of recession, falling property values , rent and rate increases have proved fatal to the nation's business community.
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This was followed by a collapse in property values that rolled around the world.
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These factors are believed to reduce property values .
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A homeowner who has paid down that loan or seen a significant increase in property value may no longer need this coverage.
■ VERB
buy
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Peskin has been buying property at rock-bottom prices ahead of recovery.
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Heavy buying of utility and property issues led the surge.
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An extra £750m will be used before the end of 1992/93 to buy up some empty properties in the owner-occupied housing sector.
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His son bought the property in 1985.
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His father had died and he bought the property with money he'd inherited from the estate.
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He also made investments of his own, buying property and condominiums.
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London-based businessman, Christopher Mackarness bought the property 3 years ago.
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The council had no legal obligation to buy back the property and previous repurchases were virtually unheard of.
own
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This will be the period during which the estate owners have owned the property .
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They could own property , including slaves, and owned about a third of the land.
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It became legally possible for the church to own property .
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Mrs Lowenstein is a widow who owns considerable property in the neighborhood.
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Customs authorities confirmed that Mr Gibbins owns property in Moscow, but dismissed reports that he had gone abroad as speculation.
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World Report discovered that the first lady owned property in Alabama where black sharecroppers were living in shacks with no plumbing.
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It is owned by property developer Robert Lance Hughes who plans to re-erect it on an as yet unconfirmed site.
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We owned half the property the Prado sits on today.
protect
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This is for your own safely as well as to protect other people's property .
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It allows organisms to protect their essential dynamical properties in the face of environmental changes by varying less essential dynamical properties.
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The purpose of the two-thirds vote requirement for local bonds is to protect property owners from renter tyranny.
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Have a residual current device fitted to protect the property from the risk of fire started by an electrical fault.
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All over town, shotguns and even machine guns protect people and property .
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Not withstanding this, we have an immediate need to protect our property from the moment the slate falls.
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Mr Barraza did; he was concerned about protecting property , saving the equipment for the next generation.
sell
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To keep the budget deficit down, the government proposed to sell off shares and property valued at around 1,000 million kroner.
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For example, even when land is sold , the property tax is not likely to be shifted.
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They gave away small parcels, and even sanctioned the right to buy and sell property in the 1993 constitution.
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The trailer had belonged to Mrs Jolly, the woman who sold us the property .
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In about 1479 he offered to sell a de Vere property in London to the royal servant John Risley.
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Even renters feel the impact whenever their landlord sells the property .
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He hoped to entice her back by selling their old property and buying a new home.
steal
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However McEvoy, 21, broke into the house in October 1990 and stole almost £4,000 of property .
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The charges include armed robbery, distribution of stolen property , illegal gun sales and use, and drug trafficking.
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A thief gained entry to the guest's room and stole her property .
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Those now being accused of trafficking in stolen property are dismayed.
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While one man talked to her, the other ran into the house and stole cash and property .
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In legal terms possession of stolen property is not the same as stealing.
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When the accused appropriates, he will have stolen the property from the person who retained the interest in the property.
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Police said Bokin has also been repeatedly convicted of theft, possession of stolen property and writing bad checks.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
public property
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Against the odds, she succeeds in making an intimate personal statement out of tunes that are almost public property.
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An attendant warned us not to deface public property.
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But the argument is that the genome is public property -- it needs a different structure of ownership.
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City and county government have the option to ban weapons on public property.
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In some areas, developers who build on public property are assessed special fees to help pay for historic preservation.
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None the less, all the sites from which the Falls were visible would eventually be on public property.
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Supervisor Michael Yaki thinks it should be easier than that to obtain entry to public property.
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We were still within the perimeter of Kenwood House and would need to walk much further to reach public property.
tangible assets/property
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A definition of family property that is restricted to claims on tangible property is weighted heavily toward the concerns of rich families.
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Any permanent impairment of tangible assets identified is written off.
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Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost or valuation of tangible assets other than freehold land over their estimated useful lives.
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Fixed Assets Fixed assets capitalised during the year amount to £865,000 of which £700,000 relates to tangible assets and £165,000 to investments.
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In rich families that have substantial inherited wealth, assets may be primarily in the form of claims on tangible assets.
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Investors bought into tangible assets and sought return from income.
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Net tangible assets were £49.2 million.
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Stocks and bonds finance tangible assets such as factories and machinery.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All sound has three properties: pitch, volume, and duration.
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At that time, a slave was considered property .
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Many state documents were considered as the officer's private property .
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People are becoming more aware of garlic's medicinal properties.
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Some of the stolen property was discovered in an empty warehouse.
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The properties of the soil influence the growth of the plants.
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The boys have been charged with damaging school property .
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The conducting properties of solids vary widely.
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Vandals wrecked school property .
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We test the chemical and biological properties of the samples.
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What's the full market value of the property ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A special guest yesterday was Tenaya Becker, a great-granddaughter of Robert Daley, who settled the property in 1869.
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He had several directorships and property interests.
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However, it is necessary to produce receipts when dealing with leasehold property .
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In the past, Massachusetts companies were taxed on a combination of all sales, property values and payroll.
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The property benefits from its own drive and a wider than average side access.
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Two-bedroom terraced properties are selling for £120,000-far beyond the means of most public-sector workers earning £20,000.