Sentence examples for possession does not from inspiring English sources

Gun possession does not deter crime; it merely makes it more lethal.

Yet, as Barcelona found out 48 hours earlier, possession does not mean much if it cannot be turned into goals.

"At this stage, the information in our possession does not allow us to establish how such events were possible taking into account the company's very strict procedures in terms of the monitoring of the luggage and merchandise loaded aboard — in particular in this type of airport," the statement said.

It is the opinion of this Department that the discovery of lands unknown to civilization, even when coupled with a formal taking of possession, does not support a valid claim of sovereignty, unless the discovery is followed by an actual settlement of the discovered country.

Poverty, ill-repute, and ill-health are not bad, for their possession does not make us unhappy; wealth, fame and good are not good because their possession does not make us happy.

The reason possession does not matter to Di Canio is because he has decided that he can get the best out of his squad by playing on the counter-attack.

"Possession doesn't always equal dominance," Schmidt shot back, unperturbed by his colleague's anger.

The current team in Becali's possession doesn't own any of the titles won by the club, not even those that were achieved after 2004.

We had lots of possession, but possession doesn't always win you games.

These so-called experts and the way they talk about possession doesn't interest me.

He was rarely tested defensively, but, given large amounts of possession, did not especially impress with his use of it.