6 sentences with 'possession'
Example sentences and phrases with the word possession and other words derived from it.
• « Spain would never again play a dominant role in European politics, although it remained in possession of a huge overseas empire until the early 19th century. »
• « As soon as the spare parts department distributed a small supply of jergas, for example, mine would vanish and then turn up in the possession of the mechanics. »
• « From early 1986, North was in possession of official scramblers called KL-43s, which are used to encrypt communications of a sensitive nature. »
• « Realising that it was useless to resist, the Spanish soldier Vigodet agreed to capitulate and on 23 June 1814 Alvear entered the city of Montevideo. The possession of this city affirmed the cause of independence for the people of the River Plate. »
• « The story of his voyage, printed in a book entitled Voyages, inspired Columbus, who had a copy in his possession during his voyage more than two hundred years later. »
• « In North America, possession of Georgia and trade with the interior was the focus of the War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1742), a conflict between Britain and Spain over disputed claims to land occupied by the fledgling colony between South Carolina and Florida. »