Example sentences of "a position [to-vb] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The broader the array of surviving sources the more likely future historians will be in a position to see the late twentieth century as the rich and diverse world that it really was . |
| 2 | I was in a position to give the poor fellow employment and accommodation . |
| 3 | Two years later , in 1967 , ANDES was in a position to organize the first general strike by teachers to protest against cuts in the education budget in the name of rationalization . |
| 4 | In the heyday of Napoleon 's conquests he had access to fossils from all over Europe and was thus in a position to make the first comprehensive study . |
| 5 | Perhaps the most telling aspect of the great wad of paper work which MPs get handed at the end of the Budget statement was the revelation tucked away that , even on Norman Lamont 's most optimistic financial forecast , the UK would not be in a position to meet the European Economic convergence criteria laid down in the Maastricht Treaty . |