Sentence examples for a possession that from inspiring English sources

Mackinder saw history being made on the Northwest frontier of India, but the Empire bled to death on the fields of France in fear of what might happen elsewhere, and by the time it got to India it handed over that frontier, out of exhaustion and a growing reluctance to fight for a possession that did not want to be possessed.

So this is a possession that is inappropriate for poor whites.

But Oklahoma State regained its dominance with a possession that lasted 7 37.

I said riding my beautiful bicycle, a possession that would outlive his electronic devices by decades.

Mourning failed to get around Ewing on a possession that could have iced the Knicks in the dying moments of the decisive Game 5.

That being so, the legislature may not be considered arbitrary if it acts upon the presumption and erects it into evidence of a possession that is 'conscious' and 'knowing.' " 303 N.Y., at 335-336, 102 N.E.2d, at 578-579.

It came at the end of a long possession that included much ball movement that ran time off the clock while frustrating the Gophers defense.

Nor were they chiefly motivated by the prospect of a profit, as the researchers discovered when they tested people's eagerness to acquire a celebrity possession that could not be resold.

Leshoure did give the Lions their first touchdown on an opening possession that marked the first rushing score on the ground against Houston.

To make matters worse, Gerrard had played an unwitting part in both of Suarez's goals, with a concession of possession that started a chain of events that led to his first and a glancing header that instigated his second.

Two incomplete passes and a 5-yard delay of game penalty forced Boston College into a three-and-out possession that resulted in a punt.