Example sentences of "[verb] its position as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company reckons that it maintained its position as the leading supplier of computers to UK education , and established itself as an important supplier to the home market , and made good progress in Australia and New Zealand through the subsidiaries there . |
| 2 | However , the PCI retained its position as the second-largest party . |
| 3 | In elections to the 183-seat Nationalrat ( lower house of parliament ) on Oct. 7 the Socialist Party ( SPÖ ) retained its position as the largest single party . |
| 4 | The most significant political event of the 12 months to June 1991 was the October 1990 general election in which the SPÖ retained its position as the largest single party , the ÖVP registered its worst result since 1945 , and the main beneficiary was the FPÖ [ see p. 37785 ] . |
| 5 | Vanguard was breaking up and its supporters were either rejoining the Unionist Party or moving to Paisley 's DUP , which was consolidating its position as the more militant and more populist loyalist party . |
| 6 | ‘ A very challenging and exciting time lies ahead for Magnus and I am confident of maintaining its position as the ‘ investors ’ choice . |
| 7 | And , from 1911 to 1919 , it secured its position as the women artists ' association in Germany , it got funding from the state , became fully accepted as an association , and continued its activities for furthering the professionalism of women . |
| 8 | The Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS ) , which represented the bulk of the former Communist Party , with 16.1 per cent of the vote and 107 seats , confirmed its position as the leading opposition party and therefore figured prominently in the discussions on the formation of a new governing coalition . |
| 9 | Although the 1935 general election confirmed its position as the only main challenger for the left-wing vote , in that election it secured only 154 MPs — less than a quarter of the total membership of the Commons . |
| 10 | If it was , it would jeopardise its position as the gateway to China . ’ |
| 11 | The failure of the Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS — formerly the Communist Party — PCI ) to hold its position as the second electoral force was unprecedented in any post-war elections of comparable scope . |
| 12 | It is a fine , Medieval bridge , guarded at each end and fortified as befitted its position as the sole river crossing and approach to the castle . |
| 13 | The M19-Democratic Alliance ( ADM-19 ) of former left-wing guerrillas , which ran a single slate of candidates , consolidated its position as the third political force in the country , winning nine Senate seats and 15 in the lower house , although its support dropped dramatically from 27 to 10 per cent of the vote . |
| 14 | In September 1964 a special meeting of the corporation finance committee , which included all councillors , adopted an amended motion which gave the boundary extension subcommittee the power to include in its remit the progressive expansion of Derry , so as to maintain its position as the second city in Northern Ireland . |
| 15 | MORGAN Grenfell has maintained its position as the top financial adviser for British public takeovers . |
| 16 | At Guinness Publishing , the other Guinness Enterprises company , the ever-popular Guinness Book of Records has maintained its position as the world 's best-selling copyright book . |
| 17 | Most universities and higher technical institutions use it , and of course it maintains its position as the link language with the rest of the world . |