Sentence examples for for possessed from inspiring English sources

He gave thoughtful consideration to all my questions; in truth, more consideration than some of them perhaps deserved, for possessed by the spirit of the sixth form, I asked him whether he had ever broken one of the Ten Commandments, or been guilty of one of the Seven Sins.

(Indeed, the derivation FUNC → STAT FUNC itself uses the Statistical Algorithm, which would be an illegitimate procedure if the latter did not refer to probabilities for possessed values, in some sense).

One quite obvious objection to this type of argument is that the original KS argument works for possessed values, not measured values, so the MKC argument, dealing on finite precision of measurement, misses the mark.

No charges were brought against her for possessing those papers.

Some 40% of those drug arrests were for possessing marijuana.

She may get arrested for possessing marijuana and harder drugs, but not for this.

He had received a police reprimand for possessing a knife when he was 17.

Like his friend Johnson, Goldsmith went to Eton; but Goldsmith was expelled for possessing cannabis.

The boy who carried out the attack had a previous conviction for possessing a blade.

HE has been acknowledged for possessing a special trait: grace under pressure.

If unlicensed gun is used in crime, you can get ten years for possessing it.