Lives and valuable possessions have been lost.
In fact, his slaves were his most valuable possessions.
Credit cards, cash in various denominations and other valuable possessions, all gone.
Some people hauled their most valuable possessions stuffed into plastic bags.
By the middle of 1995, Mrs. Song and her husband had sold most of their valuable possessions for food.
In the early 20th century, Malaya, whose rubber fueled an auto boom halfway around the world, was among the most valuable possessions in the British Empire.
All John's most valuable possessions were taken: his generator, the two small television sets that it powered and the family's cooking utensils.
Anders Vistisen, an MEP from the DDP, said Danish citizens who suddenly become unemployed are also expected to sell their most valuable possessions to receive state support.
Still, I have carted it around the country for more than 20 years and consider it one of my most (personally) valuable possessions.
ABI Director General Huw Evans said: "Flooding can ruin a home, destroying valuable possessions and often force you to move out while repairs are made.
His most valuable possessions, work tools he bought in Abu Dhabi in the hope of starting his own business, were also not returned, he said.
