Example sentences of "[not/n't] in a [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not in a position to defend British Rail , but when we analyse the problems with commuter services in the south-east and the problems that British Rail faces in general , we must remember that they are caused because the Government will not allow British Rail to introduce the schemes that it wants , including electrification of other lines , in order to improve services . |
| 2 | saying you 're not in a position to do that in the moment or you would n't want |
| 3 | ‘ At the moment I 'm not in a position to do that and time is running out . ’ |
| 4 | Yes , I mean it 's really a question as far as you 're concerned of keeping abreast of what 's going on , I mean after all , it is I 'm just slightly worried personally that we 're everybody seems to be very optimistic , and I mean I 'm not in a position to judge one way or the other , but erm you know what it 's like , you know surely you can get too optimistic ? |
| 5 | Newco is certainly not in a position to confer any benefit on management , but rather the managers create their own opportunity by forming Newco and subscribing the initial shares in it . |
| 6 | Department not in a position to undertake this at present . |
| 7 | My family was not in a position to give much food , so I went to Valeria to ask if she could help . |
| 8 | They are not in a position to make professional judgments but rather they are more like the craftsman who inherits techniques and modifies them with experience . |
| 9 | But Middlesbrough is not in a position to build more homes . |
| 10 | On the French side although the Communists failed to form a government and were thus not in a position to change French policy towards Vietnam — whether they would have wanted to do so is not quite so clear — the impasse between them and the MRP had resulted in a caretaker government under the veteran Socialist party leader , Leon Blum ; and Blum , calling for an end to equivocation and an absolutely clear definition of policy , had urged not only confidence and friendship but ‘ sincere agreement ’ on the basis of Vietnamese independence . |
| 11 | Although I am not in a position to provide any of the detailed statistics Mr Gillett calls for , I can certainly tell the sad tale of the missing books . |
| 12 | We are not in a position to identify potential benefits and pitfalls , but it does seem as if CCW is alive to the way in which all the schemes should integrate effectively . |
| 13 | HM Inspectorate are not in a position to follow such discussions up with any kind of sustained support . |
| 14 | I think that may be something we have to look at if er if we 're not in a position to recruit another complaints examiner . |
| 15 | Like most Romanians , who were not in a position to exercise any discretion in the matter , the couple had an almost slavish regard for the most commercialized features of capitalist culture . |
| 16 | According to 88open chief Tom Mace , potential buyers wanted the stuff customised for them and 88open in its present form just is n't in a position to do that for them . |
| 17 | According to 88open chief , Tom Mace , potential buyers wanted the stuff customised for them and 88open as it is , just is n't in a position to do that for them . |