Example sentences of "[prep] the [det] position " in BNC.
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| 1 | More surprisingly , sometimes a trough develops at about the same position , 15 degrees upstream of the mountains : and this pattern also persists for many days or weeks . |
| 2 | The potential instability of the this position was heightened by uncertainty over how the eventual losers would respond to defeat . |
| 3 | This is not unlike the former position for companies and this too produced many circumstances where organizations chose not to follow professional prescription and there did not appear to be the power or the will to enforce compliance . |
| 4 | To every breathed consonant ( other than the glottal stop ) there is a corresponding voiced consonant , ie one produced with the same position or movement of the articulating organs , but with voice substituted for breath or vice versa . |
| 5 | By part I of the Law Reform ( Married Women and Tortfeasors ) Act 1935 , a married woman was put into the same position as a man with respect to her proprietary and contractual capacity , and , except in relation to her husband , with respect to her liability for torts . |
| 6 | It creates power , it cocks your wrists to the swing plane , puts you into the same position at the top every time , and stretches the big muscles of the back . |
| 7 | but I said to him , I 'll go and buy vinyl and we can come back into the same position , and he ai n't no good at sticking vinyl up , I always go round with a bloody |
| 8 | I find the best ideas come from when you 're not actually touching the guitar , otherwise your fingers fall into the same positions and you get stuck in ruts . |
| 9 | No other state went so far as this ; but then none needed to , for none started from the same position of isolation and estrangement from the outside world . |
| 10 | The daggerboard is raised slightly from the same position in lighter winds because the boat 's sailing faster . |
| 11 | It is now going to be very difficult for the Lions to win this series , although they did come from the same position to win the series four years ago in Australia . |
| 12 | Be bec , the appalling thing is that they 're quite , they 're quite happy to spread this pain on those who are in the least position to burden it and they believe quite rightly and this , this is the I think , that exists between socialism and and and the Conservatism in that sense that whereas erm , you know opinion surveys bear out the fact that people are quite happy , those who can afford it to pay a little bit extra in terms of direct taxation for those service provisions , which are absolutely vital and these surveys have been conducted in public and they have been made quite er er open to the press , er , just before the last election particularly for the health authority and so forth . |
| 13 | In the latter position the female swims beneath the male , but usually the pair swims with the male gliding beneath the female . |
| 14 | In the latter position both skimmia and hosta are ideal while Hydrangea petiolaris , planted on the wall has a wealth of bloom once established , even on a north wall . |
| 15 | Do n't sunbathe for long periods in the same position . |
| 16 | Shedding their skin puts them in the same position as Jane Austen 's heroes , prematurely aged by the treacherous sun of the West Indies . ’ |
| 17 | Now he finds himself in the same position as his predecessor — a relative conservative whose time is past . |
| 18 | ‘ Everyone else seems to be in the same position . |
| 19 | Dot Opened her eyes to glance sideways at Mrs Hollidaye but she was still in the same position , kneeling , so Dot lowered her lids and , though she had n't meant to she found herself thinking about Gloria , still asleep in that high bed with the soft eiderdown . |
| 20 | Mr Macmillan echoed the same thinking about the H-bomb : ‘ When the tests are completed we shall be in the same position as the United States or Soviet Russia … |
| 21 | Meeting others in the same position , having a chat with friends about dieting endeavours , these things help to maintain motivation . |
| 22 | Other cabinet members made sure they were in the same position . |
| 23 | Assuming Gorbachev can continue with his reforms the KGB will be in the same position as would MI5 were a Labour anti-nuclear government suddenly returned to power . |
| 24 | She gritted her teeth , held her hands in the same position . |
| 25 | Well , after we sold about fifty thousand , Terence Stamp decided he did n't want to be on our cover so we got Morrissey to pose in the same position . |
| 26 | In many ways , he is in the same position as a husband who finds that his wife is infertile . |
| 27 | Why not try and turn your thoughts outwards and see if there is someone else in the same position as yourself — what can you do to help that person feel more comfortable ? |
| 28 | If you can not leave your children with anyone , find someone else in the same position as yourself and take the babies with you . |
| 29 | Whether they are black/white or light bronze/dark bronze two-toners , the dividing line is always in the same position . |
| 30 | Others in the same position made similar points : |