Example sentences of "themselves [prep] [art] [adj] position " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why they are determined to triumph on Tuesday and lift themselves into a respectable position in Group Three from which the favourites to qualify are Spain , Denmark and the Republic of Ireland . |
| 2 | Ideally the British wanted the Americans to be on call in reserve , not edging themselves into the premier position . |
| 3 | To the rapid , repetitive beat two glistening bodies were contorting themselves into an impossible position , their backs horizontal to the floor and no more than a foot from it . |
| 4 | The post-war commitment to full-employment increased their bargaining power ; the strike weapon in the context of a complex and interdependent economy meant that they could exert considerable pressure " through their capacity to disrupt and delay ; and as inflation came to be seen as the problem ( and as a problem caused by " excessive " wages demands backed by strikes ) so trade unions found themselves in a new position of strategic importance and power . |
| 5 | The 34027 Locomotive Group found themselves in a similar position with a well-loaded train being cancelled within sight of the locomotive being prepared , so to speak . |
| 6 | The refugee organisations now found themselves in a difficult position . |
| 7 | It thus appears that the formulators of the received tradition , with the exception of Mustakimzade ( who nevertheless provides the basis for the view taken by the later authors ) , have , by ignoring clear statements in the sources which they themselves use in regard to Abdulkerim , placed themselves in an untenable position also in regard to the dating of the Muftiliks of both Molla Husrev and Molla Arab . |
| 8 | In comparison with ‘ conventional ’ offenders , corporate executives find themselves in an enviable position . |
| 9 | Now , with both Liverpool and Everton among the also-rans the two men find themselves in the ironic position of standing in each others ' way with the Premier League championship up for grabs . |
| 10 | Neither would a sovereign state 's government necessarily want to oppose transnational corporations , for the former often find themselves in the unenviable position of needing the latter more than the latter need them . |
| 11 | Will the Minister explain what he is going to say to the people of the Holloway area who find themselves in the unenviable position of having the jobcentre with the largest gap between the number of vacancies and the number of registered unemployed ? |
| 12 | Mourou , 42 , and his co-signatories apparently intended to disassociate themselves from the pro-Iraqi position of exiled Nahda president Rashid Ghannouchi . |
| 13 | My objection was not to discussion of the subject , but to the refusal of those who might be expected to be clear and able spokesmen of the Church to commit themselves to a firm position on right and wrong . |