Example sentences of "been [prep] a [adj] position " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she had been in a similar position she would also have called on the nearest colleague . |
| 2 | I only ask this question because devotees of this composer have probably never been in a better position to acquire a good cross-section of his output on disc . |
| 3 | And greater success at wealth creation has also meant that we have been in a better position to provide practical help to those that need it . |
| 4 | The communists had never been in a better position than they were in in , in nineteen forty eight , the civil war was , was clearly going in their favour erm they were to achieve power within eighteen months and at precisely the point where they had everything going for them , they are adopting the most moderate policy . |
| 5 | It suffices to say that under it , once black Rhodesians had acquired a sizeable number of seats , but far less than a majority , they would have been in a powerful position to form a coalition with any breakaway group of whites . |
| 6 | The Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology is the only centre in the United Kingdom able to provide such a pioneering operation which is only available through the N.H.S. If Mr. Thorpe had not been in a fortunate position of being able to register with a G.P. in a different Health Authority , he would not have had his operation . |
| 7 | The survivors can scarcely have been in a strong position to demand territory from the Romans . |
| 8 | These galleries face North , and , as Ms E. Little explains in her book , Chronicles of Patterdale , they would have been in a good position beside the early road to attract the attention of the wool clothiers and their servants , the broggers , passing by on horseback in search of stock . |
| 9 | Davidson 's party political position may make him a more objective source than those more closely involved , and he appears to have been in a good position to know what was going on . |
| 10 | Claimants for social welfare provisions have not always been in a good position so far as procedural protection is concerned . |
| 11 | or they 'd have been in a different position |
| 12 | For some time we 've been in a false position and our two games against Birmingham have confirmed this . |
| 13 | Mr Gavron believes that the company has never been in a stronger position . |
| 14 | He has never been in a stronger position since he entered Parliament in 1984 — and he is not 40 until May . |
| 15 | Historically the BBC has been in a privileged position to negotiate coverage with the ‘ gentlemen amateurs ’ of the MCC , the Committee of the All-England Club , and the four rugby unions . |
| 16 | ‘ Because he would have had such a responsible job , he had to have the absolute backing of both countries and he clearly did not and would have been in an impossible position . |