Sentence examples for such possession from inspiring English sources

It is true that the last sentence of subdivision (c) of § 2 authorizes a conviction when the Government has proved that the accused possessed narcotics, unless the accused explains or justifies such possession.

The person subject to liability shall bear the burden of proving any such possession or transit.

To prove such possession without more is to take hardly a step forward in support of an indictment.

In A la Recherche, Proust could not envisage love as anything but such possession, an object upon which his characters are nonetheless self-defeatingly bent.

(b) Mere possession by a person of any of the articles prescribed in § 507.8 of this part is authorized provided that such possession is not used to defraud or misrepresent the identification or status of the individual concerned.

To take just one of many examples, for decades federal law enforcement officials have almost never prosecuted the possession and use of marijuana on college campuses, even though such possession is clearly forbidden by the Controlled Substances Act.

According to these theorists, people desire unavailable (i.e., scarce and expensive) things because the ostentatious display of such possessions is a source of status (cf, Rae, 1905; Simmel, 1957; Smith, 1937; Veblen, 1965).

Traditionally, wealthy feudal lords possessed wide stretches of lands, and in an era of materialistic aspirations and ideals, having such possessions was unanimously considered a source of ultimate power.

The hoarder may have difficulty getting rid of such possessions, thereby leading to clutter to the point that it disrupts their ability to use their living or work space.

You can make good money up there?" "How much good money?" Daddy remained skeptical that Tater or any southern farm boy might ever have a job that made possible such possessions.

"Forbes, in my opinion, undervalued such possessions of mine as, among others, the Plaza Hotel, the Trump Shuttle and seventy-eight acres of land I own on Manhattan's Upper West Side.