Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [adj] position " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ if a creditor , or potential creditor , of a husband desires to obtain , by way of security for the husband 's indebtedness , a guarantee from his wife … then the creditor can be in no better position than the husband himself , and the creditor can not enforce the guarantee or the security against the wife if it is established that the execution of the document by the wife was procured by undue influence of the husband and the wife had no independent advice . |
| 2 | in Kings North Trust v. Bell [ 1986 ] 1 W.L.R. 199 , 123 : ‘ if a creditor , or potential creditor , of a husband desires to obtain , by way of security for a husband 's indebtedness , a guarantee from his wife or a charge on property of his wife and if the creditor entrusts to the husband himself the task of obtaining the execution of the relevant document by the wife , then the creditor can be in no better position than the husband himself , and the creditor can not enforce the guarantee or the security against the wife if it is established that the execution of the document by the wife was procured by undue influence by the husband and the wife had no independent advice . ’ |
| 3 | They were made parties to these proceedings but , since the debt owing to the building society now exceeds the value of the property and since they can be in no better position than the building society , they have taken no part in the proceedings . |
| 4 | It was decided , first , that in actions brought by the Crown to enforce or protect its proprietary or contractual rights , it should be in no different position from the ordinary citizen and so should be required to give an undertaking in the usual way . |
| 5 | A manager who lacks some important information will be in a weak position for making decisions or urging his own views . |
| 6 | His view was that erm if he was armed he had been armed in the past , he had discharged a firearm , he felt that er he would be in a desperate position erm , as he was an escaped prisoner and that he he would n't have erm any influence over him . |
| 7 | If , as suggested , you have done some background work on the company you will be in a good position to say what you really like about it , why you think it has a reputation as a good employer , why the job suits you ideally . |
| 8 | INSET staff would presumably be in a good position to carry out this role . |
| 9 | He will then be in a good position to take over much of the rest of the property when his parents die . |
| 10 | At least I think that if I knew my rugby , I would be in a good position to acknowledge that you know yours . |
| 11 | Having done so , we will be in a good position , with our partner centres , to consolidate the strengths of Scotland 's coherent , flexible and responsive system of vocational qualifications . |
| 12 | By identifying cash deficits at the planning stage a firm will be in a good position to arrange financing for the deficit . |
| 13 | ‘ Only that he seemed to be in a decent position , and that he died . ’ |
| 14 | In market terms , the key question is whether knackers will be in a financial position to pass on the renderers ' costs to farmers at a cost the farming community finds acceptable before they are forced out of business . |
| 15 | The idea — a version of managed competition — is that each pool , with its thousands of members , will be in a strong position to negotiate for a menu of medical-benefit packages.Health-care providers — physicians , hospitals and pharmaceutical companies — will be compelled to come together to offer these packages or risk losing patients . |
| 16 | As a governor to a Compact school you would be in a strong position to learn about how a school works and influence its management and curriculum policies . |
| 17 | In times of low unemployment labour will be in a strong position because it is in demand by employers and is not easily substituted . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , Chris is convinced that , with an improvement in the world economy , LASMO will be in a strong position to build an exciting future : ‘ We are involved in exploration and development on a worldwide scale and have an abundance of riches available to us . |
| 19 | I have no doubt that companies in that area which have proven expertise will be in a strong position to win contracts on merit . |
| 20 | While no single Member State could unilaterally opt out of farm subsidies , a Government pressing the case for agricultural aid to be aimed solely at those who need it would be in a strong position to eventually win the day in a Community facing constant budget cuts . |
| 21 | It will certainly be a challenging year for , but with our strengths in quality and efficiency , we should fare better than our competitors and be in a strong position when better times return . |
| 22 | The Institute would be in a strong position , and the NVQ Committee would decide how assessments were to be done with a City and Guilds involvement . |
| 23 | ‘ If he stayed on and won the Ford championship he would be in a strong position to join one of the top Vauxhall Lotus teams . |
| 24 | Middlesbrough will be in a strong position if they take full advantage of games in hand . |
| 25 | So if they , if they removed the local authorities judging we 'll be in a terrible position ! |
| 26 | In 1919 Eliot felt himself to be in a similar position . |
| 27 | It has occurred to me that other staff within the Royal Bank may be in a similar position to myself , holding a small number of shares which would cost more than their worth to sell . |
| 28 | The vendor will then be in a similar position as if it were still the original tenant under the lease and it will remain liable if an assignee defaults unless the landlord releases to vendor in the licence to assign . |
| 29 | When a girl gets married her parents are traditionally considered to be in a humiliating position vis á vis her parents-in-law . |
| 30 | In my view it is inconceivable that Parliament intended that an assignee of the whole of a deposit under a statutory assignment should be in a worse position , for the purposes of the deposit protection scheme , than the beneficiary under a declaration of trust . |