Example sentences of "[pn reflx] in the [adj] position " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only towards the end of my time in Spain , when we were in Ciudad Rodrigo for the Festival Taurino , that we once , quite by accident , found ourselves in the 69 position and went through with it successfully . |
| 2 | Er to work on the key issues which are common to all options for the future , er such that th we can put ourselves in the best position to secure future business success . |
| 3 | ‘ We have found ourselves in the unusual position of having created our own market . ’ |
| 4 | So Dustin found himself in the odd position of acting in English , while all around him the cast spoke Italian . |
| 5 | One scholar has found himself in the awkward position of having to describe William Falconer , author of The Shipwreck , as ‘ a peasant of the sea ’ . |
| 6 | Like the majority of his contemporaries , Levin found himself in the vaguest position in regard to religion . |
| 7 | Now he finds himself in the same position as his predecessor — a relative conservative whose time is past . |
| 8 | Without rigorous financial controls , a haulier will never find himself in the happy position of considering a real expansion of his business . |
| 9 | To my personal embarrassment to the extent that I was a party to the majority of the decisions to which I have referred , I have to say that I think that this court again finds itself in the same position . |
| 10 | But I accepted what G.K. Chesterton had put so well in 1911 : ‘ A woman putting up her fists at a man is a woman putting herself in the one position which does not frighten him . ’ |
| 11 | Where Macbeth had been concealed or opaque to Duncan , and was thus in a superior position , manipulating him by pretence , we now see Lady Macbeth putting herself in the dominant position , planning to manipulate her husband : Macbeth is now transparent to her , and she to us . |
| 12 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge . |
| 13 | I found myself in the ludicrous position of having to judge music I was n't in a position to judge |
| 14 | The WAAF suddenly wound the chair back and I found myself in the semi-prone position with the white bulk looming over me . |
| 15 | I found myself in the curious position of being the sponsor minister of the industry and also the minister ultimately answerable for health service spending . |
| 16 | The chair was comfortable but low and I found myself in the disconcerting position of having to look up at him while we spoke . |
| 17 | Now , with both Liverpool and Everton among the also-rans the two men find themselves in the ironic position of standing in each others ' way with the Premier League championship up for grabs . |
| 18 | Many refugees found themselves in the same position . |
| 19 | These were articulate people , perhaps better able to deal with the press and media than some other families who have found themselves in the same position . |
| 20 | If this view is correct , I can only conclude that I was saddled with both sets of anxieties and , in addition , that there are more and more adolescent girls today who are finding themselves in the same position . |
| 21 | As more people find themselves in the same position , men stop mocking each other for doing housework and mothers-in-law cease criticising their sons ' wives about going out to work . |
| 22 | Neither would a sovereign state 's government necessarily want to oppose transnational corporations , for the former often find themselves in the unenviable position of needing the latter more than the latter need them . |
| 23 | Will the Minister explain what he is going to say to the people of the Holloway area who find themselves in the unenviable position of having the jobcentre with the largest gap between the number of vacancies and the number of registered unemployed ? |
| 24 | If you do find yourself in the same position , however , please seek professional help from a member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors without delay , as well as implementing the suggestions outlined here . |
| 25 | Helping an elderly parent through her sorrow can be a long , hard haul , but very rewarding in the end — not only in terms of her recovery , but also because , if you find yourself in the same position in later years , you will look back on this experience you shared with her and find that it has left you with a far deeper understanding of grief , and a greater confidence in the healing power of time to see you through your own period of adjustment to loss . |