Example sentences of "a position [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My informant is not in a position to testify . ’ |
| 2 | In some circumstances the supervisor is in a position to visit his own views about policy and practice onto his junior colleagues , since he is the channel through which information and recommendations are transmitted up to senior staff and policy directives are funnelled down . |
| 3 | Further , it is essential that engineers are in a position to demonstrate that they have carried out their professional responsibilities and have acted to remove or reduce risks to responsible and acceptable levels . |
| 4 | DEC needs someone to produce the chips , and most of the semiconductor manufacturers are already tied , but Cypress may be in a position to straddle camps and/or dump Sparc . |
| 5 | I asked because I wanted to know if I would be in a job if Sharon was in a position to employ me . |
| 6 | To the bishops , she explained that she needed Protestant support to get the crown matrimonial for the dauphin ; then would she be in a position to combat heresy . |
| 7 | Even amongst those who supported restricting the giving of accountants reports to registered auditors , concern was expressed that this might create a monopoly for larger accountancy firms who would then be in a position to charge higher fees . |
| 8 | The sales force is a problem they 've been working on for awhile and could be in a position to snap off in a few months . |
| 9 | Unlike some of his neighbours , President Mugabe is in a position to take a relaxed attitude to dissent . |
| 10 | ‘ I am informed that the Girobank is not in a position to take a decision about full ownership of the company . ’ |
| 11 | However , the group managed to put itself into a position to take advantage of the surge in bookings which followed the ending of the Gulf war last year and the demise of International Leisure Group . |
| 12 | What was most important was for the Cabinet to be in a position to take strategic decisions . |
| 13 | Apart from the grants to a local authority over which the Central Government exercise control and such other controls as are provided by legislation , the Central Government is in no stronger a position to take action against the local authority than an individual citizen — both have the same right to go to the courts to prevent illegal expenditure by ‘ relator action ’ at the instance of the Attorney-General of the Crown . |
| 14 | By 1924 the party was recognisably the party of today ( McKibbin 1974 p 236 ) , and in a position to take power for the first time . |
| 15 | If the ownership of rivers and lakes were as well de fined as houses and factories , then the law of tort and contract would ensure that their owners were in a position to take legal action against any company which pumped effluent into them . |
| 16 | And in a year or two perhaps I might be in a position to take you up on it . " |
| 17 | However , at ward level , sisters can be in a position to take key decisions about manpower . |
| 18 | Then one could argue for stable long-term subsidies to be granted to offset the higher transport costs , recognising that the higher resource cost of delivering the commodities to their consumers should be borne by the state which would otherwise have to bear the cost of unemployment ( and which is also in a position to take account of the ‘ social cost ’ to the community involved ) . |
| 19 | That government is the only institution now in a position to take possession of the funds and employ the money as it thinks fit for the best interest of the state . |
| 20 | ‘ is in a position to take steps under a programme arranged between the Canadian government and both Canadian national airlines for the provision of return air transportation to Canada for both the child and an accompanying adult . |
| 21 | Officials and administrators can not divest themselves of all ideological clothing in the advice which they tender to their political masters , or in the independent decisions which they are in a position to take . |
| 22 | Arguably , too , the listener to recorded music is in a position to take a more active part in the music , by deciding how and when to listen by being able to ‘ edit ’ recordings to make up his or her own programmes on cassette tape . |
| 23 | We are in a position to take a rational , professional lead in advising solutions to such problems , which are at the crux of proper provision for the health of the nation . |
| 24 | Either one could be in a position to take over Daine 's business interests . |
| 25 | Should there be a recovery in 1993 , we should at least be in a position to take advantage of it . ’ |
| 26 | The proofs of purchase remain the same , of course , but the dealer is in a position to take care of installation and so forth for those of a nervous disposition . |
| 27 | Mrs Hawkins reported that she had been unable to take photos at this location as she had first to finish off a slide film , but will soon be in a position to take the required photos and also others to be displayed at the A.G.M. and then stored in the village archives . |
| 28 | To move forward we are laying plans now so that we are in a position to take advantage of whatever the future offers . ’ |
| 29 | Jessica dropped back a short way — the Polo handling the terrain without a struggle — and thus was in a position to take the view full-frontally when she rounded the last corner . |
| 30 | The other feature , I think , of the debt that 's worth drawing your attention to is a sharp shift towards variable debt compared to a year ago , a number of our swaps have matured , we 've put one new one in er , some of our medium term notes have matured in the , in the States and we 're at last in a position to take more advantage of er , lower , short term variable interest rates than we were . |