Example sentences of "a position [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Unlike some of his neighbours , President Mugabe is in a position to take a relaxed attitude to dissent . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If the ‘ labour movement ’ was not in a position to enforce a socialist alternative on the Labour government between 1964 and 1970 , it was well able to resist Heath . |
| 5 | By 799 Coenwulf was also in a position to conclude a new treaty of peace with the West Saxons , which seems to have terminated a period of temporary estrangement ( CS 295 : S 154 ) . |
| 6 | Should it be completed before the next election , the Labour Government will be in a position to examine the full costs of cancellation . |
| 7 | The broader the array of surviving sources the more likely future historians will be in a position to see the late twentieth century as the rich and diverse world that it really was . |
| 8 | The most such a multi-modal transport document can attest to is that someone in a position to effect a future ocean shipment is in charge of the cargo and will be responsible for effecting ocean shipment . |
| 9 | The net result of this state of affairs is that there exist citadels of private economic power ( Unger , 1983 ) — that is , relatively small groups of people who are in a position to control the basic terms of collective prosperity by making crucial decisions about investment and deployment of capital . |
| 10 | Through such relations the bureaucracy was , for Hegel , in a position to transcend the particularistic wills and interests of society . |
| 11 | The CLR is not in a position to replace the Tory Government . |
| 12 | We are now in a position to answer a third question : 3 . |
| 13 | The police officer personally listened to the complete tapes of the interviews and I am therefore not in a position to give a conclusive answer to the question . ’ |
| 14 | A patient who believes his delusional thinking may not be in a position to give an informed refusal of medication , because he does not believe he is ill . |
| 15 | I was in a position to give the poor fellow employment and accommodation . |
| 16 | While I accept that , I have to say that we expect those undertaking the review to have complete power to look into all areas and , specifically , to consider whether safety representatives who are not backed by a trade union are in a position to give the same kind of expert advice as would be expected from safety representatives appointed by a trade union . |
| 17 | Why should the Leader of the House be in a position to give the wrong information to the House , given that he will almost certainly be making another business statement this week ? |
| 18 | Two years later , in 1967 , ANDES was in a position to organize the first general strike by teachers to protest against cuts in the education budget in the name of rationalization . |
| 19 | ( Room 413 , Shrubhill House ) , we will be in a position to agree the final copy ready for print . |
| 20 | Within society the agencies of law and order , and those in a position to sustain the hegemonic ideology , constitute ‘ controllers ’ . |
| 21 | They " are also in a position to explain the new methods and to communicate their virtues . |
| 22 | On the other hand , an arbitrary rule of substitution whereby two expressions are decreed to be interchangeable for each other within a given context , reveals nothing about the " sameness of meaning " unless we are in a position to explain the general rule governing such substitutions , which would ensure that the truth-value of the propositions in which such substitutions are carried out remains always and necessarily unaltered . |
| 23 | The commercial banks will now be in a position to undertake a multiple expansion of bank deposits . |
| 24 | Inadequate cleaning staff are in a position to do a great deal of damage to an organisation either through actual damage to the fabric or equipment or in terms of food product loss , reputation or image . |
| 25 | Was the ruler 's freedom of action significantly limited by independent institutions and social pressure or was he in a position to subject every social stratum to his own will ? |
| 26 | HAD anyone suggested back in December that Scotland would be in a position to win the Triple Crown by the last match of 1993 , just after the A XV had played Italy , they would probably have been led quietly away for a mental examination . |
| 27 | Already Washington knew that it was only a matter of time before the USSR was in a position to present a serious nuclear threat to the United States itself . |
| 28 | ( iii ) The addition of non-standard do-it-yourself devices can obviously provide a wide range of spectacular additional facilities , but ( except in the unlikely event of the program designers and programmers being in a position to market the additional hardware device with the program ) the use of such devices is impractical for any program intended for use in a range of establishments . |
| 29 | In the case of the parents , they are unlikely to be in a position to make a rational judgement . |
| 30 | They are probably shocked by the news , and are not in a position to make a rational decision . |