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The third criterion is the degree of independence possessed by the bank and the juridical basis on which this rests.
He obtained a PhD in both philology and theology and possessed great knowledge of both the Sami and Finnish languages.
My senses finally rushing back to me, I found my legs and charged out of the elevator with a vivacity that I didn't even know I possessed.
A genome is all the genetic information or hereditary material possessed by an organism.
An autocratic regime had survived, but the confidence and the security it had once possessed had cracked.
Among the more illiterate classes, to be possessed with the spirit of a fox is a form of zoanthropy not infrequently met with.
Critics around the world would be amazed at the sheer power the young girl had possessed.
In other words, only those possessed of deep religious beliefs are capable laying down their lives for their country.
When Saxon stood up he did so smoothly, with an air of authority and confidence he didn't think he'd ever possessed.
She was possessed with a strong sense of social justice and was never backward in speaking out on important issues.
With that terrible temper she owns, I can safely pronounce that I would not be astounded if she possessed other unmannered habits.
The boys looked exactly alike, but each of them was possessed of an extraordinary and unique gift.
All of the crockery was chipped, and what little silver they possessed was tarnished to a dull black.
If a powerful spirit has possessed them, and if the blessing is successful, the kris will not penetrate and they will not bleed.
I don't want to upset any owners of these abominations but for heavens sake, what on earth possessed you when you bought one of these things.
The Universal Community, which possessed truth in its totality, became for Royce a viable alternative to the Absolute.
His attitude had taken a turn for the worse when he had been possessed by evil spirits, but he was hardly a boy scout beforehand.
They were playing like men possessed and there was no question of this Charlton side being intimidated by United.
The population as a whole possessed a lot of weaponry, with at least two weapons in most households.
The air possessed a pungent, acrid smell because the cigarette had burned through a filter stub in the overflowing ashtray.
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The vessels possessed by the Northmen were everyway adapted for an ocean voyage.
Such pose and manner possessed by the sensei are only gained in good company.
Quickly follows him a feaster who has called Umalgo, the Spirit of the Sun, and was possessed by him.
Oeillet is a combination possessed of a sweet carnation-like odour and having as a basis, eugenol or isoeugenol.
Unfortunately possessed of strategic import, the Balkan was ravaged by geopolitics.
In continuing the path trodden by Gasparo, Guarneri proved himself an artist possessed of no little discernment.
Far from establishing in the crystals of this salt the absence of all dissymmetry, he found that they all manifestly possessed it.
He knew that he possessed the strength to build a new home for els and himself.
At the opening of the war, Mr. EDES possessed a handsome property, which was wholly lost by the depreciation of the currency.
He alone possessed the needful courage and skill, and he was an Ephraimite.
But the fernery has nothing of the charm for me possessed by the large conservatory.
They could do neither now, for the fear that possessed them at sight of Israel's frenzy.
He possessed no gladiatorial spirit and did not relish fray for the sake of it.
As a group, they possessed a growth factor forcing them beyond the confines of the culture in which they lived.
For himself, he kept oversight over the progress from the saddle seat of a fine horse that he possessed.
Not even in the hiring or discharging of a cookmaid had she possessed any influence.
The idea which had possessed him walking home in the moonlight sustained him in that melancholy task of docketing and destruction.
Cartilaginous jaws would not fossilize, and the Ostracoderms may have possessed them.
He possessed six of these horses, each in its way a jewel in the equine crown.
He had possessed himself of the estates belonging to a collegiate foundation at Lowthorpe in the East Riding.
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