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‘A country may be possessed.’

[⟨det country.n⟩ (be.pasv possess.v)]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Up to now, IAEA officials have described the country s effort to make such weapons as in the starting phase and suggested that the country possessed little more than centrifuges to enrich uranium possibly to weapons grade and related equipment.
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Thomas asked the new president if any Middle Eastern country possessed nuclear weapons.
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In Wikipedia:

There was no unified government as seen in either Captain Scarlet or Fireball XL5 – South Africa alone possessed interstellar flight, and alone was in contact with the first aliens to visit earth, who supposedly hailed from Alpha Centauri, the star closest to Earth.
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Germany soon possessed forty, many of them large and important, such as those at Mainz, Wrzburg, Worms, Nuremberg, Speyer, Strasburg, Ratisbon, all built between 1260 and 1270.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Allegations that the Bush Administration deliberately ignored information from Iraq’s chief intelligence officer that Iraq possessed no WMDs ;
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In the British National Corpus:

Although Australia possessed some 30 per cent of the world’s known uranium, it provided only 10 per cent of output, largely because of the left’s traditional hostility to the nuclear industry.
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In the British National Corpus:

The country possessed a substantial defence industry – including, in Rolls Royce, the biggest aero-engine manufacturer in Europe.
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In the British National Corpus:

Before 1939, the country probably possessed more half-timber Medieval structures than any other.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In a previous essay, Zunes noted, As the official rationales for the U.S. invasion of Iraq – that Iraq possessed’ ’ weapons of mass destruction’ ’ which threatened the national security of the United States and that the Iraqi government had operational ties to al – Qaida – are now widely acknowledged to have been fabricated, and the back – up rationalization – of bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq – is also losing credibility, increasing attention is being given as to why the U.S. government, with broad bipartisan support, made such a fateful decision.
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The North Korean leadership decided to develop a nuclear energy sector on the basis of gas – graphite reactors (which can be run on unenriched uranium) because the country possessed sufficient deposits of natural uranium.
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Chinese merchants have traded with the region for a long time as evidence of Magellan’s voyage records that Brunei possessed more cannon than the European ships so it appears that the Chinese fortified them.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Britain only possessed authority to make alliances and agreements with the people it called “Indians’ ’. Britain did not own any land on Onowaregeh.
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In Wikipedia:

The latter country also possessed two fifth – century Latin translations of the Greek synods (the collection erroneously called “Isidoriana” or “Hispana”, and the “Collectio Prisca”); also an important collection of pontifical and imperial documents (the “Avellana”, compiled during the pontificate of Gregory the Great, 590 – 604).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Following the invasion, despite the absence of the WMDs, the WMD programs, and the WMD delivery systems he falsely insisted Iraq still possessed, Edwards defended his support for the U.S. conquest anyway, indicating that these ostensible security concerns were simply the excuse, rather than the actual reason, for his support of a U.S. invasion and occupation of that oil – rich country.
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This reviewed again the UK’s defence posture and plans to ensure that the country possessed the right capabilities and the right forces to meet the additional challenges faced after 9 / 11.
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In Wikipedia:

Apparently, no country possessed nuclear weapons.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Up to now, IAEA officials have described the country s effort to make such weapons as in the starting phase and suggested that the country possessed little more than centrifuges to enrich uranium possibly to weapons grade and related equipment.
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In Wikipedia:

The country possessed more than 20 separate universities all competing with each other for scientific advancement.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Online bachelor degree library science was the French aeronauts when their purpose than by steamer, as the multiplication of liquor shops, which disgraces this country possessed the land ends of which was written in a flash online bachelor degree library science saw a chance to conceal the slender, vigorous, swaying figure; the thick of online bachelor degree library science.
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Queried on 2013-05-22.