Example sentences of "we would [be] [prep] [art] position " in BNC.

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1 As I 'm sure you 'll understand , when I first came to see this awful situation I was consumed with a feeling of frustration — knowing , as I did then , that it could be some time before we 'd be in a position to intervene .
2 If we were to come across an object the like of which we had never before encountered , we would be in no position to determine whether it was an artefact or not , or to conclude with certainty that it had actually been designed and made by human beings .
3 When he reached maturity , we would be in a position to know precisely which of his behavioral patterns he had inherited and which he had learned .
4 For example , if aggressiveness can be undoubtedly shown to be an inherited trait rather than a learned response — as it is in those men with the extra male chromosome — we would be in a position to reject all conceptions which would produce an excessively aggressive individual .
5 we would be in a position to have this letter because I 'm getting anxious , I 've written a logo first and then this long term , short term and they 're connected
6 Er , in other words if we decided erm come the end of this month that yes we 're going to take in one or more extra counties from Leicestershire , we would be in a position immediately to erm convene the er rec the appointing panel for a complaint examiner , would n't we ?
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