Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] position on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great pundit of economics , John Stuart Mill ( 1806–73 ) ( he happened personally to sympathise with labour ) , modified his position on the question in 1869 , after which the ‘ wage-fund ’ theory no longer enjoyed canonical authority . |
| 2 | Whibley 's effectiveness can be measured by the fact that he retained his position on the Palace flank while assisting us from Southern League also-rans to 3rd Division champions , and to a dignified place in Division Two . |
| 3 | The demotion of Aldana ( who retained his position on the politburo of the ruling Communist Party — PCC ) , was later officially confirmed and put down to " serious personal errors and deficiencies in the execution of his responsibilities " . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Gower , who will be in India this winter commentating for BSkyB , last night changed his position on the protest , saying : ‘ I had hoped they might drop this before it got to the full meeting . |
| 5 | It seems we can now qualify our position on the relationship between dramatic playing and performance modes by saying that although the ultimate intention of the performer is to ‘ describe ’ an emotional event , the quality essential to dramatic playing , the quality of ‘ being ’ may also enter the performance mode , given the Stanislavsky approach . |
| 6 | We already reviewed our position on the recruitment of unemployed people as outlined in a new concept of trade unionism , prepared and , specially prepared , for this Congress . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , the Czechoslovak government has allocated a budget to promote its position on the dam abroad . |
| 8 | On the other hand , the behaviour of the political parties is itself endogenous and we have to explain the way in which each chooses its position on the political spectrum . |
| 9 | The Gulf crisis illustrated the continuing implacable hostility between Cuba and the USA , as the former attempted to use its position on the UN Security Council to impede the US-led campaign against Iraq [ see pp. 37695 ; 37870 ] . |
| 10 | No doubt , in due course they will completely reverse their position on the private rented sector , large-scale voluntary transfers and a raft of other Government initiatives . |
| 11 | When ‘ King John ’ Houlding , a self-made brewer and prominent local Tory , tried to use his position on the Everton board to jack up the rent paid to him by The club , There was a shareholders ' revolt and Houlding eventually left the club to form Liverpool FC . |
| 12 | Biya did not alter his position on the holding of a national conference , a central demand of the opposition , which he had refused to countenance . |
| 13 | He could no longer read their position on the Loran let alone see the coast and the mouth of the Makaa River which remained his goal . |
| 14 | One of the key arguments in defending its position on the school timetable must be the 1988 Education Reform Act itself which should not be lost sight of among the more immediate problems of implementation . |
| 15 | Mrs Mandela , self-styled ‘ mother of the nation ’ , pointedly omitted to mention her position on the ANC 's National Executive Committee , the top policy-making body , to which she was appointed by a ballot among members . |
| 16 | A good way of checking your trim ( the angle of the board in the water ) is to look behind you and see how small and quiet a wake you can produce by varying your position on the board . |
| 17 | ( The CPCz had reversed its position on the invasion in December 1989 — see p. 37106 . ) |
| 18 | During the 1970s , with two power stations in relatively peaceful operation , the Board consolidated its position on the Somerset coast . |
| 19 | The British Medical Association is currently reviewing its position on the permanent vegetative state . |
| 20 | Baker formally outlined his position on the guarantees issue on Feb. 24 , the date of the start of the latest round of the Middle East peace talks in Washington [ see p. 38780 ] . |
| 21 | Mr. Wilson : I thought that the Hon. Gentleman , as a Government Whip , would have to maintain his position on the Bench . |
| 22 | Alternatively , a graphical scale can be used , e.g. ‘ Please mark your position on the following scale of satisfaction with this book ’ |
| 23 | Once the little ones had left the room , I shifted my position on the floor and sat cross-legged , trying to cover the soles of my feet with my skirt . |
| 24 | At the conference in Ottawa the Soviet government appeared to soften its position on the question of a united Germany 's military alignment . |
| 25 | Jordan hoped to recover its position on the West Bank , paying subsidies for loyalty and continuing functional co-operation with Israel , as if the growth of political awareness in the area could not only be contained but diminished . |
| 26 | Broomhead shifted his position on the cart and urged his horse on once more to no effect . |
| 27 | The Mexican environmentalist organisation , Group of 100 , has attacked an article in the newspaper , Excelsior , which claimed that the group had changed its position on the international embargo on Mexican tuna . |
| 28 | They had moved their army south from Milfield yesterday , as soon as they were sure by what route the Scots were returning towards their own country , and chosen their position on the northern bank of the Glen water , a mile and more from its confluence with the Till . |
| 29 | The radial shields are also covered with rugose granules but it is possible to distinguish their position on the disk . |
| 30 | ( At this time the EC was attempting to co-ordinate its position on the recognition of Croatia and Slovenia — see p. 38685 — and on Dec. 9 more than 10,000 people , primarily of Croat origin , held a rally in a Maastricht stadium calling on EC leaders to recognize Croatia . ) |