Example sentences of "[pron] position [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want my position to be clear . |
| 2 | The dominant position these companies occupied in the economy was sufficient for their position to be questioned . |
| 3 | In group discussions , a married 35-year-old teacher gave his reasons for not identifying with successful men : ‘ I have the feeling that successful men have got to their position by being unpleasant , perhaps stepping on others to get there . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the Venetian government always felt its position to be somewhat ambiguous and was correspondingly sensitive to anything that seemed even remotely to challenge it . |
| 5 | By September 1938 it was clear that Carl Burckhardt , the Swiss League of Nations High Commissioner , was not prepared to do anything to prevent the drive to Nazify the city , and that he saw his position to be that of ‘ observer ’ or , at most , intermediary . |
| 6 | It was n't right for a man in his position to be kept in the dark . |
| 7 | That he knew his position to be unassailable was reflected in the fact that he immediately began to refer to himself not as Head of Government , but as Head of State . |