Example sentences of "in a [adj] position " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the picture which is usually the most eye- catching is of the champion halfway on his downswing with his wrists fully charged ( in a cocked position ) . |
| 2 | His wrists are in a cocked position and he has no time to release the clubhead with any force . |
| 3 | 3 The defender moves back and places her arms in a cocked position . |
| 4 | The two dies used to strike coins were sometimes aligned in a fixed position ( which might change ) and sometimes were not . |
| 5 | When Mrs Thatcher and President Reagan both spoke at the United Nations ' 4Oth Anniversary in 1985 they used the same autocue , which remained in a fixed position . |
| 6 | The world relies for much of its weather data on a network of satellites , which are either stationed in a fixed position above the equator or which travel over the poles to scan the globe . |
| 7 | Flying erase is a system in which the erase heads are located , not in a fixed position , but mounted instead on the rotating head-drum alongside the video heads . |
| 8 | Within any strain of a species , deep structures tend to be in a fixed position relative to certain landmarks on the skull , such as the joints between the bones that form its upper surface ( Pellegrino , Pellegrino , and Cushman 1979 ) . |
| 9 | The heading must be in a fixed position and fitted to a thin batten which is bent and fixed to the ceiling of the curve . |
| 10 | Galileo 's view contradicted Church doctrine of the time that the earth was in a fixed position . |
| 11 | By impacting with neighbouring particles they vibrate about a locus , and only appear to remain in a fixed position . |
| 12 | We are in a healthy position . |
| 13 | SOLDIERS step in a stooped position through the narrow steel door placed a foot off the ground in the concrete wall . |
| 14 | Each item of such a carefully considered scheme will have been intended to stand in a specific position in Kent 's rooms . |
| 15 | ‘ In a wide position like that , there is n't anyone more difficult to beat than Worthington , ’ said Wilkinson . |
| 16 | Command of the Army of Africa placed him in a decisive position once the initial impetus of the rising in peninsular Spain was lost . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , we have a situation where women find themselves discriminated against and often in a disadvantaged position because they are caring for others . |
| 18 | Pot up the summer 's fuchsias and geraniums and store them in a frost-free position over winter . |
| 19 | A third dummy was in a seated position on the fourth chair which was set away from the table . |
| 20 | ‘ Yet Darlington are in a healthier position than when I took office . |
| 21 | In a stress timed language there is often vowel reduction in the unstressed syllables , i.e. the vowels there tend to be less distinctly pronounced than in a stressed position . |
| 22 | Er , has been and is continue , continuing to be whittled away , so workers in Shropshire are , are in a poor position , and , and this is an opportunity to , to give them some help , to replace some of that statutory protection which is being removed . |
| 23 | The Liberal Democrat spokesman , Mr Charles Kennedy , quoted a letter from the Department of Health which admitted patients were in a weak position to make meaningful comparisons or to shop around , so the NHS could not always rely on competition to make sure that its internal and external markets worked effectively . |
| 24 | A further consequence of benefit to employers of this nuclear-family form , is that it places women in a weak position when competing on the labour market . |
| 25 | Indeed , the principle serves administrative interests well , for if standard conditions designed to be equitable as between apparently similar dischargers are routinely applied , the discharger who wishes to appeal against the standards imposed in his case is probably in a weak position if the agency is able to show the Minister that the standards were those typically in force . |
| 26 | My need of M. Chaillot 's advice put me in a weak position . |
| 27 | A manager who lacks some important information will be in a weak position for making decisions or urging his own views . |
| 28 | 7 He ends up in a weak position , open to many follow-up techniques . |
| 29 | Having to move an offer deadline date backward due to a lack of attractive offers will place a vendor in a weak position . |
| 30 | It is also conceded that many viewers will want to see the match and that ITV were in a tricky position because on that weekend in February they are planning to screen a Littlewoods Cup semi-final . |