Example sentences of "in the same position [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Give or take a few minor exceptions , all members have the same number of chromosomes , and every location along the length of a chromosome has its exact opposite number in the same position along the length of the corresponding chromosome in all other members of the species .
2 I 'm still in the same position without actually having Aids .
3 Because Joe and I were in the same position of being scolded by Mrs Joe , we were good friends , and Joe protected me from her anger whenever he could .
4 So now we set the EQ , which is always in the same position at soundchecks , and he puts black gaffer tape over the entire parametric box so all that 's on view is the volume knob .
5 The good player will be in the same position at impact as he was at address ( above left ) , while the bad player 's hands will be well forward of the ball at impact ( above right ) .
6 Why not get used to doing this stretch throughout the day — especially if you have been sitting in the same position for any length of time ?
7 The exclusion principle is crucial because it explains why matter particles do not collapse to a state of very high density under the influence of the forces produced by the particles of spin 0 , 1 , and 2 : if the matter particles have very nearly the same positions , they must have different velocities , which means that they will not stay in the same position for long .
8 He held her in his arms , still and warm , and after a while in that darkness he felt as though he held nothing at all ; it was like when a limb , having been left in the same position for too long a time , somehow loses all reference to the body , and for those instants before some willed movement the very location and attitude of that arm or leg is quite unknown .
9 Its site has not altered and the chancel arch ( the division between the parishioners ' area [ the nave ] and the rector 's area [ the chancel ] ) has remained in the same position for 1000 years or more , notwithstanding additions , alterations , and demolitions .
10 The same trawler was in the same position on the horizon .
11 CVC Trigrams ( 32 card set ) : The stimuli are presented in the same position on the cards , but are consonant-vowel-consonant trigrams , again 16 on the left and 16 on the right .
12 Shedding their skin puts them in the same position as Jane Austen 's heroes , prematurely aged by the treacherous sun of the West Indies . ’
13 They are , temporarily and on a smaller scale , in the same position as banks or building societies or insurance companies , all of which are subject to special regulatory regimes to ensure that depositors and policyholders are adequately protected .
14 Of course we are all under pressure because we do n't want to get in the same position as last year .
15 The young man leant in the same position as Vera ; they both now offered their buttocks upwards to Vashinov .
16 I cited that Korea seemed to be in the same position as China in 1947–1948 ; that the Chinese officials also continuously stated that they could put a stop to inflation at any time .
17 Further , the Vienna Convention does not specify how long the obligations under Article 18 continue , although at some point a signatory State that does not ratify a treaty must surely be in the same position as non-signatories .
18 Individuals as third parties to treaties are not in the same position as third party States or organisations .
19 At this level video can be the provider of real world experience if it is used to put advanced learners in the same position as native speakers .
20 The decision is logical , in the sense that it places local authorities in the same position as other builders .
21 To be a Christ rejecter , is to be in the same position as Pilate was in .
22 The viewer 's eye is also kept happier if the centre of attention is in the same position within the frame before and after each cut .
23 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 .
24 The point is that Carter USM are in the same position in America as they were in Britain two years ago , constantly gigging and doing pithy radio plugs to make their mark .
25 Thus disputes between brothers and sisters ( who in a formal sense are in the same position in respect of their claims to a parent 's estate ) is one of the situations where serious conflicts do arise .
26 People who superficially are in the same position in a family — brothers and sisters , mother and fathers — are likely to define their responsibilities very differently and , perhaps more importantly , to be expected by others to define them differently .
27 in March 1650 in the same position in the expedition dispatched to Portugal against Prince Rupert [ q.v . ] .
28 Make a list of words for each of the two sounds in the same position in the word , as much as possible keeping the environment the same and the lists consistent .
29 Myles skipped a Dunbarton rink to an Irish fours championship last season and has been very impressive in the same position in the PGL U25 championship .
30 The similarity of the central flower in mosaic 7 with that in the same position in mosaic C is more compelling .
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