Example sentences of "[pron] position at " in BNC.
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| 1 | From my position at the entrance to the dug-out I could see the wounded in the sunken road in the same positions they were in before the shelling started . |
| 2 | This meant very little to me apart from a salary increase and a move from my position at the extreme right of the Cabinet table to the extreme left . |
| 3 | The sharks seemed less intimidating , so I gulped a lung-full of air and flapped like crazy in an effort to regain my position at the bottom of the tank , clutching my hair-brush and trying to control miles of floating red chiffon . |
| 4 | The meteoric rise in the popularity of Modern Art left my position at Sotheby 's much undermined . |
| 5 | As conditions were calm and my position at that time left me right for a downwind left join in an easterly direction , I elected to land this way and flew a normal downwind base and approach . |
| 6 | Whilst the ladies sat in the pavilion and the knights and their squires stood at their stations I took up my position at the serving table . |
| 7 | His orders were obeyed by more than 450 competitors but about 30 — they were apparently reluctant to lose their position at the head of the race - steeplechased over the two closed barriers and carried on running . |
| 8 | Many dolphins and porpoises are particularly vulnerable to these poisons , because of both their coastal habitat and their position at the top of the food chain . |
| 9 | WHILE Swansea maintained their position at the head of the Heineken League 's Division One with a comfortable 23–4 win over bottom club Maesteg , Llanelli stayed in touch , one point behind , by beating Cardiff 22–6 . |
| 10 | Clacton juniors strengthened their position at the top of Division Three in the Essex Inter League when they beat Colchester B 9–0 . |
| 11 | When the Company retained a courtier , Sir Thomas Roe , to strengthen their position at Agra in 1616 , he advised them that their factories need not be fortified because the Moghuls were perfectly able to keep the peace that traders needed , and could capture fortified towns if they set their minds to it . |
| 12 | The British felt very confident of their position at sea ; to reinforce the strength of their blockage they laid down unilaterally the rule of 1756 that neutrals could not take advantage of wartime conditions to enter upon trade that would not have been allowed in peacetime . |
| 13 | Pakistan had secured their position at 123 for the loss of Ramiz , who was bowled by a giant breakdown down the slope from DeFreitas . |
| 14 | These reforms have encouraged some historians to see the Despensers as ‘ much more than greedy and irresponsible favourites ’ , but their contemporaries judged them by their behaviour towards other landowners and by their position at court , rather than by their responsibility , however great it was , for what were essentially technical reforms in government . |
| 15 | Educationalists have taken such stances throughout the history of compulsory schooling and they can trace the roots of their position at least as far back as the writings of William Godwin ( 1756–1836 ) and J. J. Rousseau ( 1712 — 78 ) . |
| 16 | Thus , the Gundovald affair highlights the dangers posed by magnates caught in three different situations : by those who were unsure of their position at court , those who had already fallen from royal favour , and those whose royal patron had been killed . |
| 17 | For most Whigs , it was axiomatic that resistance had taken place at the Revolution ; the logic of their position at Sacheverell 's trial rested on this basic belief . |
| 18 | I am very much , very greatly concerned by the traditions in bus garages and to the facts that er workers are out of work being their position at work be very considerably worse off . |
| 19 | DEPORTIVO Coruna underlined their Spanish championship aspirations by thrashing Real Sociedad 5-1 yesterday to consolidate their position at the top of the league . |
| 20 | In the Lancashire Ladies League last year 's winners Liverpool have beaten Marple 5-0 to establish their position at the top . |
| 21 | On the other hand , did she wish to end up a spinster — like poor , dried-up Madame Duvalle , whose very raison d'être would end when she retired and no longer had her position at the salon to sustain her ? |
| 22 | ‘ This is probably a stupid question , ’ Ace said from her position at the foot of the table , reaching out for another piece of fruit , ‘ but are all these bits you , or what ? ’ |
| 23 | It is an idol , a false , man-made attempt at redefining God , and its position at the very heart of the Craft , as the innermost secret , simply serves to show how freemasonry stands on a spurious foundation . ’ |
| 24 | In determining its position at any stage of the legislative process , and particularly when the proposal is still in draft , the Commission may be influenced by reasoned argument and a factual analysis by the business community . |
| 25 | ( Its position at the front of the volume was later regretted by Wordsworth as some readers were put off . ) |
| 26 | Drawing on an earlier record of municipal activity and labour representation , it was able to consolidate its position at a time of hope for a new future by an active fusion of Labour Party , trade union and cooperative effort . |
| 27 | The duty of this Committee is confined to considering " the position of English " in our whole educational system , which of course includes , and in our reference expressly stated to include its position at the Universities . |
| 28 | Give a fair review of the development of the company during the year and of its position at the balance sheet date . |
| 29 | The deadly weapon that will destroy the eight twelves and restore the mighty Chelonian race to its position at the top of the universal tree ! ’ |
| 30 | It is well placed for excursions to the most spectacular part of the lake , and a region through its position at the corner , where the main lake turns south to face the high massif of the Gotthard and the route which has always beckoned northern traders , adventurers , mercenary soldiers — and nowadays tourists towards the southern lands . |