Example sentences of "position [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not displease him ; she would make him a suitable wife , and would know her place when , as he hoped still , he had elevated his position enough to enable him to support her . |
| 2 | It did not displease him ; she would make him a suitable wife , and would know her place when , as he hoped still , he had elevated his position enough to enable him to support her . |
| 3 | knows or has reasonable cause to believe that because of the insider 's connection and position it would be reasonable to expect the person in his position not to disclose the information except in the proper performance of his duties ; and |
| 4 | Nonetheless , parliamentary support was not difficult to obtain ; the king and his ministers had sufficient patronage and position usually to ensure such support . |
| 5 | ‘ It would be extra-ordinary and , in our opinion , unthinkable if the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) were to be in a position thereafter to pronounce upon other grounds of appeal and thereby destroy the order of the House of Lords by again quashing the conviction . ’ |
| 6 | By this valley of the Glen water Douglas had surely intended to make his way back to Kelso , for he had brought his army out of the cleft of Wooler close under the hills , bearing west , and only when they were clear of the town and close to Homildon village had they become aware of the English army drawn up facing them , closing this route , and in a position also to deny them access to the more easterly route by the Till . |
| 7 | Meanwhile Scheer , who had now decided to reduce the gap between the two German fleets to a mere 32km/20mls , would be close behind and in position also to strike at the outnumbered Beatty . |
| 8 | I think we may be in a position now to take more risks . |
| 9 | Our technique of solving the above equations has improved , and of course we are in a much better position now to evaluate the material constants , but fundamentally electromagnetic theory stands now as it stood a century ago . |
| 10 | Well are we in a position now to put ticks or crosses against two on the list in table one ? |
| 11 | Some people in Würzburg saw the raid as revenge for the pogrom against the Jews in November 1938 , and ‘ intellectual circles ’ reportedly took the view that Germany ‘ should stop the war , if one was not in a position really to prevent attacks on towns and industrial centres ’ . |
| 12 | Now if you 've planted a seed or if you have n't planted a seed then are we in a strong enough position there to ask about the people we dis we discussed on completion of the er first appointment ? |
| 13 | It was clear that the wife was never in a position fully to understand the legal implication of documents . |
| 14 | We are in a position again to make sure Winchester 's voice is heard in the corridors of power . |
| 15 | ‘ After all , I 'm in no position financially to buy a place of my own ; even to think about getting married for several years yet . |
| 16 | He was in a far better position financially to help her than her own parents who had a lot of children and responsibilities , whereas he had no children and everything he had would go to her . |