Sentence examples for firm possession from inspiring English sources

It is clear that she is in firm possession of this trait.

They defeated Ilyas Khoja (1364) and set out to conquer Transoxania, achieving firm possession of the region around 1366.

This striking exhibition suggests that Myron Stout reached maturity by taking firm possession of two disparate precedents: Arthur Dove's nature-based visionary paintings and Mondrian's inspired edifices of line, plane and color.

Mostly the characters just shuffle around a gloomily dark stage, each in firm possession of his or her own shaft of smoky light, and recount in musical soliloquy their perspectives on this woeful tale of human overreaching.

He was still litigating with Smerles on 9 August 1393, by which point in time he had resigned Lochrutton; he was in firm possession of the archdeaconry by 21 October 1394.

The day ended with Rosecrans in firmer possession of the La Fayette road than he was of his faculties – like Bragg, he was nearly spent.

Under this structural approach, monopoly power may be inferred from a firm's possession of a dominant share of a relevant market that is protected by entry barriers.

The painting came into the firm's possession after a merger – it was formerly owned and used as a trademark for Dewar's and then Glenfiddich whiskies.

The competition watchdog has objected to government plans to privatise the Land Registry, warning that allowing a private firm to take possession of property ownership information could cause problems for other businesses.

Our very good reputation firm has now possession of Yakutsk gold mine but needs financing wired to Moscow for financial purposes.

Kilmarnock took a firm grip of possession and threatened again from Alexei Eremenko's corner, but neither Manuel Pascali nor Craig Bryson could get a decisive touch.