Example sentences of "a position [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I am anxious to progress discussions on the two projects as soon as possible , and may be in a position to report to the Economic Development Committee before then , I would appreciate the opportunity to discuss the above at your earliest opportunity . |
| 2 | President Reagan 's claim that ‘ No other nation is in a position to deal with the key parties to the conflict on the basis of trust and reliability' jarred with assessments in early 1982 that no more than 0.5 per cent of Palestinians in the West Bank considered the United States was ‘ helpful ’ to the Palestinians in the search for a solution , and only approximately 2 per cent in the territories believed the United States was serious about a peaceful solution to the Middle East . |
| 3 | I have not undertaken a review of NIE plc 's purchases of generation and I am not in a position to comment on the relative costs of the various options . |
| 4 | ’ And the element of surprise could allow is to break away , or could being us into a position to fire on the other ship ’ . |
| 5 | However now that we have a theory of communication ( Sperber and Wilson 1986 ) embedded within an overall theory of mind ( Fodor 1983 ) , and the beginnings of a model of grammar devised to reflect the assumptions about language implicit in these theories ( Kempson forthcoming ) , we are at last in a position to work towards the formal articulation of theories of linguistic knowledge and reasoning within an overall theory of mind . |