Sentences with phrase «for the possession of»

Men can easily be led to give way to a purely physical attraction towards women, or to an exclusively physical desire for the possession of a woman.

It's effects are a lot less than cigarettes and the penalty for possession of it is so great that you would think find a joint is tantamount to hiding c4.

Orthodox - Catholic relations throughout the Ottoman period were a history of unremitting and often bloody combat for possession of shrines, rights and privileges — a competition encouraged by the Turks, who took away rights from one church and bestowed them on another whenever it suited Ottoman interests, or whenever an adequate bribe was proffered.

Along the Mediterranean coast of Judea lay the Plain of Philistia, for the possession of which much fighting was done.

Financiers fought pitched battles for possession of the railroads.

At a time of unprecedented transition in the Christian Movement, when (as George Orwell once put it) «the little orthodoxies of the right and the left vie with one another for possession of our souls,» it is necessary to assert both the modesty and the complex, nuanced character of Christian faith and theology against the false certainties of true belief, ideology and religious simplism.

Perhaps it is fair to say that they contend one with another for possession of our souls.

Dependent upon whether age or insight, power or skill, attitude or a set of deeds is regarded as the criterion for the possession of grace, a spiritual order will become manifest which may or may not coincide with any other competing order.

Of all the Western races, that can read skillfully the providence of God, or can read it at all who can hesitate in affirming that the signs of divine decree point to this land of ours which is gathering to itself the races which must take the lead in the final conflicts of Christianity for possession of the world?

But at the same instant two powers are striving for possession of him: repentance; and Agnes and repentance.

And by disbelief I do not mean some sort of brave rejection of the doctrine, some defiant demand flung at heaven for possession of one's own soul; I mean merely the impotence of an imagination that finds the very notion of sin incomprehensible, the conscience of a man who is sure that, whatever sin might be, it surely lies lightly upon a soul as decent as his own, and can be brushed off with a single casual stroke of a primly gloved hand; I mean an habitual insensibility to the illuminations and chastisements of beauty, a condition of being wholly at home in a world from which mystery and sin and glory have all been banished, and in which spiritual wretchedness has become material contentment.

The Vatican has arrested a diplomat recalled from Washington last year amid investigations in the United States, Canada and the Vatican for possession of child pornography.

Baker Mayfield waited patiently for possession of the golden hat... and then galloped off the field at the Cotton Bowl on an imaginary horse.

In a series of hard - fought scrimmages that are beautifully brainless if not heroic, the grunting, tussling, spluttering tangle of arms and legs scrambles for possession of a 3 1/2 - pound, cork - filled leather ball.

Dez Bryant is under investgation by PETA for possession of a illegal monkey.

We have since learned from the mother that he is most likely in jail after an arrest for possession of a firearm.

A 35 - year - old Glen Ellyn man was arrested at Roosevelt and Baker Hill around 1:01 a.m. on July 5 for possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• A 21 - year - old Rolling Meadows woman and a 22 - year - old Arlington Heights woman were cited for possession of drug equipment when a glass smoking pipe was found on them at 10:01 p.m. March 16 by a police officer at Golf and Wilke roads.

Bernard Hogan - Howe, chief constable of Merseyside police, said it was «simply wrong» for mandatory five - year sentences for possession of a firearm to be overlooked.

I want very heavy sentences for possession of firearms which would deter people from arming others or carrying guns themselves.»

I know that if it's the police, and they think I might be guilty of murder, they get a warrant, they search my apt, they don't find a murder weapon but they do find my bag of illegal drugs, that there's a good chance I'll be charged for possession of illegal drugs.

Rather than laying off the police force, they could be re-assigned to do something more productive than jailing young (black) men for possession of small quantities of marijuana.

Additional criminal offence under Prison Act 1952 for possession of mobile phone device within a prison without authorisation Compulsory licensing scheme for all wheel clamping businesses, limiting size of penalties imposed and introducing fair appeals process.

Tristram Hunt, if he runs, will challenge her for possession of the centre ground.

Sweat, who is currently being housed at Five Points Correctional Facility in Broome County, was arraigned in August on felony charges of escape and promoting prison contraband for possession of hacksaw blades, which was passed into the cellblock in a block of frozen meat.

In fact, Brooklyn Defender Services, a public defense group, said in a letter to Cuomo that each year the agency represents thousands of legitimate working people who get caught up in the criminal justice system for possession of a tool they need for work.

The move comes amid a push to ease consequences, borne disproportionately by people of color, for possession of a drug that's legal in nine states.

His first conviction was in November 1983 for criminal damage and his last in December 2003 for possession of a knife.

The council brought an application against them which could have seen them face up to two years in prison, together with a second application for possession of a piece of land on Oxford Road.

Following the recent focus on gun crime, Mr Blair defended the government's record on knife crime, stating that it would be introducing tougher sentences for the possession of knives.

«But, in this country, if you're a young person — say out at a club with friends — and you get arrested for possession of a small amount of drugs, it's likely you'll end up with a criminal record.

In this country, if you're a young person — say, out at a club with friends — and you get arrested for possession of a small amount of drugs, it's likely you'll end up with a criminal record.

The executive director of a leading government reform group has been replaced, after he turned himself in for possession of addictive illegal drugs.

Another item Cuomo was unable to deliver on was his promise to reduce penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana.

First - time offenders would face fines of up to $ 250 and 15 - days in jail for possession of an unsecured firearm.

The measure, introduced by Manhattan Democratic Sen. Liz Krueger, would remove penalties for possession of two ounces of marijuana or less and make 18 the minimum legal age for marijuana possession and consumption.

The prime minister wrote to the Saudi government to protest about the «extremely concerning» case of Karl Andree, the British grandfather who had been threatened with flogging for possession of alcohol.

Several members of the Tory shadow Cabinet also admitted to drug taking after Ann Widdecombe called for # 100 fines for possession of cannabis in 2000.

«We no longer seek to arrest for possession of the drug,» Bratton said.

Just days after the announcement of a joint City Hall - NYPD initiative to reduce arrests for possessions of small amount of weed by issuing tickets instead, Mark - Viverito also acknowledged having smoked weed.

Coconut candy was mistaken for crack cocaine, and two Bronx men were taken into custody for possession of the sweet treats.

He will also be the first presidential candidate to be arrested and fined for possession of LSD, which gets him my vote.

He slammed the incumbent (his former boss) for supporting the Rockefeller Drug Laws that mandated large minimum sentences for possession of drugs.

Police officers will have discretion over whether to write a summons for possession of marijuana in public view or make an arrest, Bratton said.

In her State of the City address, Ms. Mark - Viverito proposed expanding the use of desk appearance tickets, or DATs, in lieu of arrests — mirroring Mr. de Blasio's new policy of issuing DATs for possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Later, the city adopted a similar policy — ordering cops to issue summonses rather than arrests for possession of small amounts of pot.

The city has already stopped making arrests for possession of small amounts of marijuana, opting to issue desk appearance tickets instead — essentially, a summons to court.

On April 2017, he was charged again for possession of narcotic substance after he was arraigned before the Mpraeso Circuit Court, where he pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea, and sentenced to a 10 - year jail term with hard labour.

But even the provision of bleach looks unlikely to ex-prisoners like Beadle, who says he recently lost five days» remission in Wormwood Scrubs for possession of bleach in his chamber pot.

We see this reality in many ways, from where good public schools and bad ones are found to sentencing disparities for possession of crack versus powder cocaine.