Example sentences of "position in [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final items indicating Athenian warlike preparations rather earlier than Thucydides implies are the Athenian decrees moved by Kallias ( ML 58 ) which show that temple treasures in some demes were moved from exposed positions in Attica to the Athenian Acropolis ; the decree is as early as 434 . |
| 2 | When we mix up strange horses in this way , it is not surprising that some should display aggression , as the horses have not had the opportunity to work out their social positions in relation to each other . |
| 3 | On the one hand , it was simply the period required for the sun , moon , and planets to attain the same positions in relation to each other as they had at a given time . |
| 4 | This does not , however , mean that they then take up identical positions in relation to the problem of history . |
| 5 | When they are satisfied with the image they have created they take up their own positions in relation to the image , positions which indicate their role and attitude . |
| 6 | For the former the sterling area was good for business ; for the latter , an international financial role for Britain involved direct responsibilities which placed it in the central position in government to which it had become accustomed before 1939 but had lost over the war years . |
| 7 | This decision , ratified by the NSF Council on Feb. 3 , raised opposition fears that the NSF would use its dominant position in government to further its election campaign . |
| 8 | Erm it has been suggested I think Naomi 's saying on this side of the room that if there is an element of bad taste because the baby is chained up or whatever and it 's in er has had to be placed in an undignified or uncomfortable position in order to be photographed and Naomi 's question . |
| 9 | One particularly noticeable development was the way in which each group defended its position in response to the queries and suggestions of other groups . |
| 10 | Er Mr Deputy Speaker it 's also quite important that I make clear the Labour party 's position in respect to the article which calls for uniform electoral procedures to be set up for elections to the European parliament . |
| 11 | Despite the protective embrace of professionalism and the general mutuality of respect and acceptance that pertains between disciplines , the academic teacher of literature is in a peculiar position in relation to his colleagues elsewhere , in ways that have been remarked on by John Bayley and Raymond Williams , and no doubt by others ; in certain respects English does remain an essentially different subject . |
| 12 | Between the 14th day of September 1987 and the 8th day of January 1988 conspired together and with other persons to defraud such persons who had or might have had an interest in dealing in shares in Blue Arrow , or National Westminster Bank , or in dealing on the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index , namely : 2.1 By dishonestly concealing holdings of 19.39 per cent of the share capital of Blue Arrow ; 2.2 By falsely stating that all remaining shares not taken up in the rights issue by existing shareholders had been sold in the market ; 2.3 By falsely representing that 33,315,528 shares in Blue Arrow held by County NatWest Securities were held for the purposes of market making ; 2.4 By falsely representing that 34,069,433 shares in Blue Arrow held by Phillips & Drew Securities were held for the purposes of market making ; 2.5 By dealing off market with Union Bank of Switzerland in 28,201,743 shares in Blue Arrow when by reason of their connection with that company they were knowingly in possession of un-published price sensitive information ; 2.6 By creating a false instrument , namely a letter of indemnity dated 5 October 1987 from Nicholas Wells on behalf of County NatWest to Union Bank Of Switzerland ; 2.7 By engaging in a course of conduct which created a false or misleading impression as to the market in the shares of Blue Arrow for the purpose of creating such an impression and thereby influencing persons who might deal in those shares ; 2.8 By purchasing and retaining 2,150 Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index put option contracts to cover a risk of £51,500,000 whilst concealing from the market the true position in relation to the rights issue and the subsequent placing of shares in Blue Arrow , where Blue Arrow and National Westminster Bank were both component parts of that index . |
| 13 | 2.9 By transferring 1,000,000 new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow from NatWest Investment Bank to County NatWest Securities to account for a similar holding by Handelsbank NatWest and falsely representing that those shares were held by County atWest Securities Limited for the purposes of market making ; 2.10 By failing properly to account for the acquisition , distribution and disposal of 66,600,000 shares in Blue Arrow held by NatWest Investment Bank and County NatWest in the records required for accounting purposes by NatWest Investment Bank and County NatWest ; 2.11 By failing properly to account for the acquisition , distribution and disposal of 34,069,433 shares in Blue Arrow held by Phillips & Drew Securities in the records required for accounting purposes by Phillips & Drew Securities ; 2.12 By falsely representing that County NatWest had become interested in 9.5 per cent of the issued capital of Blue Arrow on December 17,1987 and that the board of Blue Arrow had been informed of that interest ; 2.13 By concealing the true position in relation to the rights issue from the Bank of England , the International Stock Exchange , National Westminster Bank and/ or the board of directors of Blue Arrow ; 2.14 By falsely representing that the rights issue had been honestly and successfully completed by reason of their general skill , competence and diligence . |
| 14 | GPs occupy a pivotal position in relation to mental health . |
| 15 | Before raising the anchor , he had punched the rendezvous into the Loran 's computer ; now the radio navigation system gave Golden Girl 's position in relation to the rendezvous to within a hundred metres . |
| 16 | Accommodationist Arab states — termed ‘ moderate ’ in the West — have found themselves occupying a difficult position in relation to the rest of the Arab world and to the superpowers outside . |
| 17 | To a great extent eyes are able to take over the function of keeping us upright because we are able to orientate ourselves by seeing our own position in relation to the world around . |
| 18 | If , after acceptance of such a claim , it emerges that any of the information provided was incorrect or incomplete , the capital gains tax position in relation to the transfer will be computed and assessments made as appropriate . |
| 19 | It is the angle of the moon and its position in relation to the steeple , rather than its colour , that is important to the poet . |
| 20 | If the machine needle is bent , the two needles will not be in the correct position in relation to each other , so the stitch will not transfer from the machine needle to the linker needle . |
| 21 | Whatever the method used , the pupil 's position in relation to displayed work should be considered . |
| 22 | This enabled the establishment of a critical position in relation to science which for Adorno remained so elusive . |
| 23 | Its position in relation to history is therefore the same as that of primitives to the eternal past : in Sartre 's system , history plays exactly the part of a myth . |
| 24 | If establishing where you are relative to your own past and predicting your future trajectory is difficult , assessing your position in relation to your competitors ' strengths , weaknesses , position and strategies is even more so . |
| 25 | If family allowances were available to the man in work , his advantageous economic position in relation to the unemployed would be better secured . |
| 26 | The position with regard to face-to-face transactions is considered first , before going on to look at the position in relation to impersonal stock market deals . |
| 27 | The benefits and disadvantages of putting up a spokesman or providing filming facilities should be weighed with care and the validity of the company or client 's position in relation to the topic must be discussed with senior management . |
| 28 | 1981 : 78 ) , there are the attributes held to be exemplified in the half-timbered , suburban , semi-detached , middle-class house : an ambivalent position in relation to town and country , an expression of individualism extended in the modern do-it-yourself tradition , a concern with compromise and a rejection of extremes , all set within statements about tradition and nationalism . |
| 29 | At regular meetings at regional and national levels they review their experiences and assess their current position in relation to their overall objectives , strategies and methods of work and if necessary restate these . |
| 30 | The position in relation to the use of medical services by the various socio-economic groups is as follows : the higher socio-economic groups make more use of most of the preventive local services ; the same , also , applies for the use of doctors ; the reverse , however , is the case in relation to the use of hospitals . |