Example sentences of "position it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this position it will not leave the ground until a little more speed is gained . |
| 2 | The District was painfully aware that it could ill-afford his loss , but because of its continuing impecunious position it recognised his services could not be retained . |
| 3 | Similarly , it would be erroneous to equate contemporary French fiction exclusively with the nouveau roman , despite the hegemonic position it has clearly occupied since the 1950s : the work of writers as diverse ( and as removed from the nouveau roman and Tel Quel ) as Georges Perec and Michel Tournier also demands the attention of those seeking to map the postmodern . |
| 4 | There are a variety of methods of attachment but to ensure a tight connection ( which is essential ) the inhaul rope should be tied when the boom is parallel to the mast so that when swung down to its normal position it tightens the rope . |
| 5 | Keep the board level The board should be sailed in a position it is designed for — horizontal . |
| 6 | The court was influenced by evidence pointing to the fact that the defendants had been negligent and it was stated that had steps been taken to mitigate the nuisance , the Council would not have found itself in the position it was now in . |
| 7 | With its sombre strength and key strategic position it is easy to appreciate why it was an important royal stronghold for several hundred years . |
| 8 | This amazing posture displays its markings even more conspicuously and in this position it may advance several feet towards the attacker . |
| 9 | If a large predatory bird sits in a conspicuous position it may find itself being mobbed by smaller birds , which call , display , and even attempt to dive-bomb it with pecking attacks . |
| 10 | As each servo may consume up to 1A when driving to a new position it is important that the supply has a very low output impedance and NiCad batteries are usually recommended for multi-servo systems . |
| 11 | From the adult position it will be clear that he or she was not in fact guilty of anything but that someone in a position of strength and power was taking advantage of his or her vulnerability mentally as well as physically . |
| 12 | The company is claiming damages against Mr Carr , and enough damages from AY to ‘ put it in the same position it would have been in if AY had done the work it contracted to do competently ’ . |
| 13 | with Argyll 's management and substantial experience in the food and drink markets , both nationally and internationally , we can restore Distillers to the pre-eminent position it once occupied at home and abroad , and that we have the opportunity to build Distillers and Argyll into Scotland 's greatest company … based in Edinburgh and directed from there . |
| 14 | For others in this position it may feel like a forcible disengagement from the quest for security and is regarded with anger or despair . |
| 15 | Place the cone or ball on the floor beside you and hold the yarn above the carriage , in the position it would be in if it were threaded through the yarn mast . |
| 16 | Thus for any word position it can produce predictions about the expected grammatical category for that position . |
| 17 | If you or I were to mix mud and water and place it in the same position it would fall off . |
| 18 | From this position it is less likely to run out over the fur . |
| 19 | Now the fact that position is not a quality is certainly relevant to one 's awareness of the position of things ; it means that to be aware of a thing 's position it is logically necessary that one should be aware of how it stands in relation to something else . |
| 20 | But it is not relevant to a thing 's having the position it has ; it does not mean , for example , that to have the position it has , a thing must be aware of how it stands in relation to something else . |
| 21 | But it is not relevant to a thing 's having the position it has ; it does not mean , for example , that to have the position it has , a thing must be aware of how it stands in relation to something else . |
| 22 | In the lower position the carriage knits , in the upper position it tucks or slips . |
| 23 | If they stay they must deliver an emasculated version of their own educational vision , and in such a position it is easier to deny the ideals than to stay open , day after day , to the disappointment and the sense of inauthenticity . |
| 24 | On the other hand , the numerous developments and debates of the decade had not persuaded a single country to shift from the position it had originally adopted on the European question in the 1940s . |
| 25 | Only one company questioned , who insisted on complete anonymity , had taken on an ex-headhunter into a position it had been seeking to fill , and admitted that it had been a disastrous mistake . |
| 26 | If it can retain its customers ' faith it could achieve the leadership position it covets by 1997 . |
| 27 | In this position it is absolutely essential that the receptionist remains cool , calm and in control of the situation . |
| 28 | To sum up then , according to the so-called unorthodox view , the company , or rather individuals on the conglomerate 's behalf , deals on either inside information acquired in the course of business about another company , for example , an investment banking client on the verge of announcing an increase in expected profits ; or on information ‘ leaked ’ by one arm of the conglomerate about a long or short position it has taken as market maker on specific shares and which it would like to off-load into the accounts of customers in the conglomerate 's fund management arm . |
| 29 | You have to remember that in his position it is very difficult to meet women . ’ |
| 30 | Partly as a result of a slow trickle through the barriers , and partly as a result of internal inconsistencies , the analytic tradition has recently shown signs of moving from the strictly aloof position it adopted in the heyday of conceptual analysis . |