1. Gifts lavished on David Currie, the former head of civil engineering, included foreign trips and expensive meals.

2. The high role of priests was symbolized by the precious substances lavished on their vestments and appurtenances.

3. Many words are lavished on the need for workers to put money into retirement accounts.

4. Without a theatrical release in their own domestic market, they stood little chance of recouping the money lavished on them.

5. The thick sunlight was lavish on the bright water.

6. Lavish on the love and hugs and strokes when she isn't into mischief.

7. 'We can't afford to lavish on wedding and all the material stuff in marriage under the increasing economic burden, especially with the recession and all. '

8. One advantage often cited is the choice of courses offered by private institutions and the individual attention that professors lavish on students.

9. 'It is traditional and customary in most world cultures to lavish on wedding ceremonies as they are one of the most important events in someone's life. 'http:///lavish on.html

10. People see this as a day to return some of the care that mothers lavish on their families all year.

11. Moreover, state employers often have early pensionable ages—sometimes as low as 55—so the newly retired still have plenty of vigour they might otherwise lavish on the private sector.

12. But I slipped from her bed carrying away no memory of the caresses and loving words which she had felt obliged to lavish on me in exchange for the six thousand francs which I left for her.