What is "favourable position"

Usage examples of "favourable position".

Perseus has brought together in what he said not only my favourable position with the Romans but also the sentiments of the Macedonians and the all but unanimous judgment of gods and men, and owing to all these advantages he professes to believe that he is no match for me.

Being in a favourable position he was well soused with salt water by all the hands on that part of the deck, until, looking like a half-drowned rat, the miserable man was allowed to recover his feet.

I got hold of a plump little fairy, and groping my way to one corner of the large bed, I placed her in a favourable position, and finding my way in the dark as well as in daylight, I revelled in charms the most voluptuous.

In this manner he was in a favourable position to repulse any assault by the deserted rebel groups.

Perry Rhodan manoeuvred the space sphere into a favourable position for attack, then applied a testing ray.

He shook his head over the evidence and thought that young Ballard was not in a favourable position.

We sped through the satellites in a staggered formation 20 kilometres apart, crossed the paths of the 4th and 5th planets till the 3rd planet which was in a favourable position came into view on our observation panel.

You can understand that here in Terrania we have the more favourable position.

Quite a crush had now developed, and even Pooleys practised elbows were hard put to it to gain him a favourable position.

I described the favourable position of the house, and gave him every detail of the rent and neighbourhood.

In the meantime Marshall had already given some thought to the best way of extricating himself safely from the net of the Springers drawing closer around them without having to abandon his present favourable position.

But unless their jump placed them in the exact spot Rhodan had calculated, this needed pause would afford the enemy enough time to locate them and assume a favourable position for attack.

As she approached her chair to the left of the fire, Steerpike removed his hand from her elbow, and, shifting back the Doctor's chair with his foot while Prunesquallor was drawing the blinds, pulled forward the sofa into a more favourable position in front of the fire.

As soon as I saw his head in a favourable position I struck him heavily with the poker, just over the fourth cervical.