Sentence examples for private possessions from inspiring English sources

The Jesuits have few private possessions.

There, several generations of a ruling family had been buried amid funerary paraphernalia and private possessions.

When the princess died, Mr Burrell thought that some of her private possessions would be better in his hands.

Understanding and knowledge are private possessions, the fruit of an individual's labour in conforming his ideas to reason and experience.

A long-held sibling rivalry between Lady Thatcher's children has escalated into a full-scale family feud with the planned sale of the former Prime Minister's private possessions.

Other finds included private possessions often made in precious materials; these possessions included weapons, jewelry, toilet articles, domestic vessels, and utensils.

"I was their private possession," Halbreich says.

And there's perhaps scope for debate about private possession of single chamber shotguns for hunting.

In private government, it belongs to the governor, as his or her private possession.

But for most of history a library was a private possession.

The air we breathe, the roads we travel, and the language we speak cannot easily be reduced to private possession.