Example sentences of "a position [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even amongst those who supported restricting the giving of accountants reports to registered auditors , concern was expressed that this might create a monopoly for larger accountancy firms who would then be in a position to charge higher fees . |
| 2 | However , at ward level , sisters can be in a position to take key decisions about manpower . |
| 3 | If the ownership of rivers and lakes were as well de fined as houses and factories , then the law of tort and contract would ensure that their owners were in a position to take legal action against any company which pumped effluent into them . |
| 4 | What was most important was for the Cabinet to be in a position to take strategic decisions . |
| 5 | The other feature , I think , of the debt that 's worth drawing your attention to is a sharp shift towards variable debt compared to a year ago , a number of our swaps have matured , we 've put one new one in er , some of our medium term notes have matured in the , in the States and we 're at last in a position to take more advantage of er , lower , short term variable interest rates than we were . |
| 6 | It is thought that the side-chain inter-reacts with poly-unsaturated fatty acids in the membrane , leaving the hydroxyl group in a position to scavenge free radicals and so maintain the integrity of the cell . |
| 7 | It is unlikely that , given the current level of resources , both financial and human , the Council would be in a position to initiate central development of these courses in the near future , and it would therefore be some time before they would be incorporated into the new style provision . |
| 8 | Unfortunately we are hardly yet in a position to estimate these rates in terms of years . |
| 9 | Nixon 's claim that it was an " honourable peace " , leaving the South Vietnamese government in a position to resist further aggression , was quite untrue . |
| 10 | He proposed a constitutional system in which the executive and legislative branches of government would be totally separate , in which the executive would be headed by a president above party politics and in a position to represent national unity and the long-term national interest , and in which the prime minister and ministers would be appointed by this president rather than by parliament . |
| 11 | Then , and only then , will it be in a position to force political parties to act . |
| 12 | But the family estate was ‘ in no way in a position to spend large sums of money on repairs . ’ |
| 13 | Posture is constrained not only by the physical dimensions of the work-space but also by the need to be in a position to see certain events and to feel others through control operations or machine movement . |
| 14 | Newco is certainly not in a position to confer any benefit on management , but rather the managers create their own opportunity by forming Newco and subscribing the initial shares in it . |
| 15 | I am not in a position to defend British Rail , but when we analyse the problems with commuter services in the south-east and the problems that British Rail faces in general , we must remember that they are caused because the Government will not allow British Rail to introduce the schemes that it wants , including electrification of other lines , in order to improve services . |
| 16 | We have been trying to focus in this study on those people within the enterprise who are in a position to effect strategic change ( or to maintain the status quo in the face of destabilising influences ) . |
| 17 | On the other hand , given the state of confusion in France and the fact that Thorez himself was in Moscow , it was not clear that the communist hierarchy was in a position to control communist maquisards , many of whom undoubtedly did have revolutionary aspirations . |
| 18 | Chairman , er I do n't want to prolong the debate because as I 've mentioned before there is indicated support from a number of people er but I 'm grateful er to the Liberals in the fact that they feel that they are in a position to support this amendment . |
| 19 | Quantitative limits were also thought to restrict competition as they hampered efficient banks who were in a position to create new deposits . |
| 20 | My family was not in a position to give much food , so I went to Valeria to ask if she could help . |
| 21 | ‘ It is not merely a question of unlawful sexual intercourse with a person who may not be in a position to give true consent . |
| 22 | Yes , I mean it 's really a question as far as you 're concerned of keeping abreast of what 's going on , I mean after all , it is I 'm just slightly worried personally that we 're everybody seems to be very optimistic , and I mean I 'm not in a position to judge one way or the other , but erm you know what it 's like , you know surely you can get too optimistic ? |
| 23 | If the Liberal-SDP Alliance were ever in a position to implement electoral reform , a reformed and strengthened second chamber , and legal limits on the sovereignty of Parliament , then we could find ourselves with a constitution which entrenched the middle ground and which offered a democracy of dazzling choice but no decision , and a less-accountable government than that which we currently enjoy within the established constitution . |
| 24 | No person acting under a proxy may vote in favour of any resolution which would directly or indirectly place him or any associate of his in a position to receive any remuneration out of the estate of the bankrupt ( r 8.6(1) ) . |
| 25 | England is hardly in a position to handle built-in problems with new and future housing stock . |
| 26 | The head , too , is the only leader who is in a position to handle professional uncertainties and tentative first steps in a process of professional enquiry . |
| 27 | I think that may be something we have to look at if er if we 're not in a position to recruit another complaints examiner . |
| 28 | The people who end up with detectors on the SSC will be benefiting from a huge American investment ( attempts to raise money abroad are meeting with little success ) and they will be in a position to dominate American particle physics for a decade , so such considerations carry some weight . |
| 29 | Under these proposals , authors or publishers would no longer have formally to register works with the Copyright Office to be in a position to bring legal action for copyright infringement . |
| 30 | When I 'd checked the pin positions in the morning I 'd decided that it was going to be someone already under par who would be in a position to win next day as opposed to someone coming through the field , because I just could n't see anybody scoring well . |