Example sentences of "in that position " in BNC.
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| 1 | ART SHELL 'S appointment as the new head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders makes him the the first black in that position in modern NFL history , but the club 's owner , Al Davis , immediately played down the importance of the move . |
| 2 | It is clear from the conversation that there was sympathy for the person involved because it was easy for them to place themselves in that position , allowing the event to be normalized . |
| 3 | ‘ We just do n't want to be in that position . ’ |
| 4 | A man in that position needs support from his wife . |
| 5 | For him , at that time and in that position , everything that could be seen between the distant boundaries of blue hill and black mountain , everything that spread below him under a fathomless heaven , was resonant with new meaning , new speech , new glory . |
| 6 | Anyone in that position would have been absolutely terrified . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We did magnificently but had one mad moment — the one thing you should n't do against Liverpool is to give John Barnes a free-kick in that position . ’ |
| 8 | Malcolm Crosby , the Sunderland caretaker manager , expects to stay in that position despite guiding his club to the final with a 1–0 defeat of Norwich at Hillsborough . |
| 9 | ‘ There is a kind of arrogance there , which you have to have in that position , ’ he says . |
| 10 | The lesson was very strictly controlled although it began with lots of open questioning which stimulated the class to decide where Rome should be founded and some of the reasons for its being in that position . |
| 11 | It was in that position that Alf was an important member of Palace 's first promotion side for 40 years , when we climbed out of Division 4 in 1960–61 and , with his Cup-tie appearances , be comes one the group of only forty or so men to have played over 200 games for our club . |
| 12 | George Petchey was a driving , inspirational wing-half and certainly one of the best in that position in the old 3rd Division South , but he joined the Palace in the summer of 1960 to play for us under Arthur Rowe . |
| 13 | Certainly he played extremely well in that position after Peter Wall was injured for most of 1972–73 and in the first half of 1973–74 , and it was from that position that he captained the Palace side . |
| 14 | One night he detected a faint comet , went inside to check a star map to ensure there was no nebula in that position , but was unable to see it again when he went back outside . |
| 15 | ‘ You may not want them to begin with , but you should n't fix it , do n't say ‘ I 'll never want children ’ , and do n't put him in that position either . |
| 16 | Fortunately , she is not in that position today . |
| 17 | Nobody could figure out that you could get the switch to stick in that position . ’ |
| 18 | A sales representative , for example , is not in that position as he meets large numbers of people for a short time . |
| 19 | Very young children think of their parents ( or those who stand in that position ) as ‘ wonderful ’ people who can do no wrong . |
| 20 | It may be , then , that the best hope for a modernising , thinking and participatory Labour Party for the later 1990s lies in the election as deputy leader of the man the apparatchiks would like least in that position — John Prescott . |
| 21 | However , when you try to stop the model in that position , the whole situation seems to suddenly change and things can rapidly reach a point of total confusion . |
| 22 | Amongst those who did not do duty in this year 's championship are Phil Davies ( standing down as Llanelli skipper after a highly successful five year run ; reverting to the second row and declaring his intention to challenge for a place in the Lions party in that position — remember the trouble he gave Paul Ackford when Wales last beat England in 1989 ) ; David Bryant ( controversially appointed a youthful pack leader in his first season in international rugby under the John Ryan regime , now recovered from a debilitating period of illness ) ; Andy Allen ( the front jumper was capped out of Newbridge in 1990 , subsequently becoming yet another moving down the valley to Newport ) ; Aled Williams ( one cap as a replacement wing in Namibia in 1990 , when a Bridgend player , but increasingly favoured by many to join Robert Jones in forming a club halfback partnership ) . |
| 23 | There is a lot of equality when you are in that position . |
| 24 | I look at Scottish-born players first but they are thin on the ground in that position . ’ |
| 25 | Feel the stretch in that position — your standing leg will get lower as you obtain greater thigh strength . |
| 26 | I vowed never to put myself in that position again , ’ she says . |
| 27 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 28 | A screw should be placed on top of a vertically help Phillips or Posidriv-type screwdriver ( I used an electric drill/driver ) , and supported in that position by a short length of plastic tubing . |
| 29 | Imagine yourself in that position . |
| 30 | Glenn Hoddle could play in that position over there . ’ |