Sentence examples for seize possession from inspiring English sources

An amateurish touch allowed Souza to seize possession.

It would be grand to seize possession of them and divert the rents into making the old buildings lovely once more.

48 min: Arshavin slips a nice ball into the path of Fabregas at the edge of the Braga area, but Aguiar gets back to seize possession before the Spaniard could get off a shot.

Hemmings showed a lively turn of pace to seize possession and rounded goalkeeper Michael McGovern to score.

Another defensive blunder allowed Barnsley to seize possession again and the ball was squared to Davies, who poked in from close range.

A defensive error allowed him to seize possession 30 yards out, before he got the better of a Spurs defender, rounded goalkeeper Ian Walker and fired home from an acute angle.

Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness 16.

The initial goals of Japanese leaders in the war were to neutralize the U.S. fleet, seize possessions rich in natural resources, and establish strategic military bases to defend Japan's empire in Asia and the Pacific.

In launching this war, Japanese leaders sought to neutralize the American fleet, seize possessions rich in natural resources, and obtain strategic military bases to defend their far-flung empire.

The initial goals of Japanese leaders were to neutralize the US Navy, seize possessions rich in natural resources, and establish strategic military bases to defend Japan's empire in the Pacific Ocean and Asia.

Even then, it's the individual who bears all of the personal risk: lose, and the court can seize possessions; win, and face the prospect of a draining appeal.