For the most part, its well-heeled residents have preferred to enjoy the trappings of their prosperity behind brick privacy walls and hedges, avoiding any outward signs of extravagant display.

The rooms smell of expensive designer candles, and extravagant displays of fresh flowers abound.

This desire for extravagant displays of emotion at the prospect of a tepid or stone-cold property sector underestimates the intelligence of homeowners.

They are welcome to give as much money as they like to charity, but those outdoing each other with extravagant displays of self-denial serve only their own vanity.

Be it burkini or face veil, extravagant displays of cultural separation do nothing to make us a healthier, happier society.

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As always, the world's squillionaires have the choice of an amazing array of extravagant gifts, from the wonderful to the downright weird.

It was not all extravagant gifts from wealthy foreign leaders, however.

While both are blessed with extravagant gifts, they are also the epitome of self-made athletes.

I am sure he will make it an extravagant party.

So when it came to marking his 45th birthday, the flamboyant tycoon was likely to treat his guests to an extravagant party.

The singer even managed to wangle one of the extravagant party bags that were given to each of the 20 guests.

He pretends that he's already planned an extravagant party at home.

The chandeliered dining room was the setting for extravagant parties for his celebrity friends.

Now it appears to be on the threshold of fulfilling some of its extravagant promise — if only regulators and the public are prepared to accept it.

He wasted the extravagant promise of 1997.

By making an extravagant promise about a highly uncertain year ahead, he gave another.

When it comes to love, simple words of affection mean more than extravagant promises.

Simple words of affection work better than extravagant promises.

His only really extravagant purchase was made with his career in mind — an oxygen tank to help him recover from injury.

My most extravagant purchase was that apartment.

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I have stopped making extravagant purchases since the credit crunch.

A successful job in advertising had encouraged extravagant spending on her home.

He blew a fortune with extravagant spending but raised millions for charity.

Leaked documents revealing extravagant spending help to explain why costs have risen from €114 million to more than €800 million.

Powerful commissioners encourage owners to put the interests of the league before the club, discouraging extravagant spending on success and excessive dominance.

They had steadily climbed its ranks throughout its extravagant spending on hospitality, hotel rooms, awaydays and its own marketing.

Here, we reveal the resorts which are perfectly kitted out for our footballers' extravagant tastes.

But sanctions have not curbed the extravagant tastes of some within the ruling elite.

Audiences thrilled to his extravagant tastes.

She had a very strong influence on the king, and that, in addition to her extravagant tastes, earned her powerful enemies at court.

The doting dad also has the extravagant wedding ceremony to think about.

That expense, plus the need to hold an extravagant wedding, has overwhelmed many households in this poor rural area.

If you are already involved, news about a close friend's wildly extravagant wedding plans shock you ... but it could lead to marriage talks of your own.

A more extravagant wedding requires months of preparation, including consultation with an astrologer in choosing the most auspicious time and setting of the event.

The two were married in an extravagant wedding with the crescendo being the young couple led to the bedchamber.