I.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a comfortable position
▪ When driving, make sure you are seated in a comfortable position.
a position of power (=a job or role that gives someone power)
▪ Many of them were using their positions of power for personal advantage.
a position of responsibility (=a job in which people depend on you to tell them what they should do)
▪ Before the age of 21 he had attained a position of responsibility in the factory.
a strong bargaining position
▪ Most new artists and bands aren’t in a strong bargaining position.
abused...position
▪ Williams abused his position as Mayor to give jobs to his friends.
an enemy position (=a place controlled by an enemy army)
▪ General Hunt ordered an air strike on the enemy positions.
an inferior position
▪ He argued that capitalism requires some people to be kept in an inferior position in society.
an untenable position
▪ The scandal put the President in an untenable position.
be considering your positionformal (= be deciding whether or not to leave your job)
be in a position of authority
▪ I’ve never been in a position of authority before.
be in a position to complain (=have a good reason to complain)
▪ If you feel you are bullied at work, you are certainly in a position to complain.
click into place/position
▪ Make sure the lid clicks firmly into place.
compromising position/situation
▪ The doctor was found in a compromising position with a nurse having sex with her.
consolidated...position
▪ The company has consolidated its position as the country’s leading gas supplier.
dominant position
▪ its dominant position within the group
entrenched attitudes/positions/interests etc
▪ a deeply entrenched belief in male superiority
exposed position
▪ These developments leave the British government in an exposed position.
fill a post/position/vacancy etc
▪ Women fill 35% of senior management positions.
▪ Thank you for your letter. Unfortunately, the vacancy has already been filled.
▪ The UK should find another weapon to fill the same role.
foetal position
geographical area/location/position
▪ a large geographical area
happy position
▪ I’m in the happy position of not having to work.
hold sth in place/position
▪ A couple of screws should hold it in place.
hold the post/position/office etc (of sth)
▪ She was the first woman to hold the office of Australian state premier.
▪ The governor had held the post since 1989.
in...invidious position
▪ By innocently lying to detectives, she’d put herself in an invidious position.
jockeying for position
▪ photographers jockeying for position at the bar
lotus position
▪ monks sitting in the lotus position
make a job/position etc redundant
▪ As the economy weakens, more and more jobs will be made redundant.
missionary position
pole position
position paper
position...unassailable
▪ The party’s position looked unassailable.
precarious...position
▪ the company’s precarious financial position
privileged position
▪ Kylie feels fortunate to be in such a privileged position because of her successful TV career.
prominent place/position
▪ The statue was in a prominent position outside the railway station.
put...in an awkward position (=made it difficult for her to know what to do)
▪ Philip’s remarks put her in an awkward position.
resign your post/position/office
▪ He later resigned his post as Minister of Energy.
reverse your position (=change your opinion or attitude)
▪ He spoke in favor of the bill, reversing his previous position.
strengthen sb's position
▪ They have strengthened their position by their performance in the recent local elections.
subservient role/position
▪ His wife refused to accept a traditional subservient role.
take up a post/a position/duties etc
▪ The headteacher takes her duties up in August.
taking up...positions
▪ The runners are taking up their positions on the starting line.
the exact position/location/spot etc
▪ The satellite pictures showed the enemy’s exact location.
undermine sb’s confidence/authority/position/credibility etc
▪ The constant criticism was beginning to undermine her confidence.
unenviable position
▪ Edward III was in a delicate and unenviable position.
weak position
▪ The country is in a weak position economically.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
central
▪ All this reinforces custody in a central position.
▪ The Anatom has a removable orthopaedic footbed which locates the foot firmly in a central position.
▪ You take your map in your hand and try to find the most central position - the town hall or post office.
▪ It was very advantageous for Edward to have his brother in so central a position, adjacent to the Capetian demesne.
▪ Having had a jinxed left back position it looks like we now have a jinxed central defender position!
▪ From its central position perched high on the cliffs, it offers a breathtaking view across the Bay of Naples.
▪ With adjustment, the essential feature was the fixed but adjustable exchange rate structure in which the dollar held a central position.
▪ King's Cross is in a central position with easy access to the centre of London.
different
▪ This effect can be understood intuitively as a consequence of the perspective viewing of a surface from two slightly different positions.
▪ The amplitudes for the different position values therefore all have equal squared moduli.
▪ Although sympathetic to Lamarck, Geoffroy attacked Cuvier from a very different position.
▪ The following incident, which is central to the plot, demonstrates their different positions.
▪ I was fascinated by the nearly naked figures of ladies in different positions that were painted on it.
▪ Between these two dividing-lines, different countries occupy different positions.
▪ Christians may hold very different positions as to how far it is normative.
▪ A more complex spiral develops if we chart the different position of the Sun at noon over the course of a year.
difficult
▪ The Commission was in a difficult position.
▪ But officials say they are in the difficult position of having to implement a law they do not like.
▪ Marian and Izz had seen Tess moving house with her family, and knew what a difficult position she was in.
▪ Later, they spoke for the first time of the difficult position they found themselves in over the past few days.
▪ Sunset Hiker, a winner last time, would be a live contender but a difficult trap position may prove a problem.
▪ The need to target moderate independents has put Dole in a difficult position.
▪ The band is also in a difficult position.
▪ It seems that many people find this a difficult position to adhere to in a serious way.
dominant
▪ It may also be powerful between close relatives where one may be in a dominant position vis-à-vis the other.
▪ With many browsers and server programs available, Netscape will lose its dominant position in the business.
▪ The primates attained their dominant positions through a combination of military skill, physical prowess, and personal magnetism.
▪ The dominant position these companies occupied in the economy was sufficient for their position to be questioned.
▪ Dynamic competition to establish a dominant position may involve reducing costs, process innovation, and product innovation, which are welfare-enhancing.
▪ A company in a dominant position which charges excessive prices for its products may be acting abusively.
▪ Even a dominant firm will face rivals seeking to find a window of opportunity to chip away at the dominant position.
financial
▪ The new government immediately announced a rigorous cost-cutting programme, claiming that the financial position was catastrophic.
▪ In this precarious financial position, the party can hardly afford the restrictions on its fund-raising recently decreed by President Clinton.
▪ Following the share sale, it will be in an extremely strong financial position, with no borrowings.
▪ Summary of current applications and financial position Paper E 11.
▪ I wondered about my financial position.
▪ Leaders of the consortium are preparing for discussions with three potential partners in an effort to secure the colliery's financial position.
▪ By 1938, the District achieved a balanced financial position and thereafter began to accumulate small credit balances.
legal
▪ Parents denied local authority services may seek advice on their legal position.
▪ Suppose, for sake of argument, that this is indeed the definitive legal position.
▪ Anyway, apart from a few discrepancies, the legal position of women in El Salvador is pretty good.
▪ The legal position of the City of Danzig was rather more explicit.
▪ The Department of the Environment said it was looking at the legal position of local authorities wanting to control parties.
▪ The other was the ability of Louis-Napoleon to make use of his legal position and his popularity with the masses.
▪ That is exactly the legal position.
▪ These two paragraphs provide a fairly bald summary of the legal position.
present
▪ The various devices used by the courts to maintain the present position will be discussed below.
▪ What might have suited you when you started your present position may not satisfy you now.
▪ The present position is a complete nuisance.
▪ The person approached is usually not a job hunter but some one who is very successful in his or her present position.
▪ She's a tough, single-minded lady who hasn't achieved her present position without treading on more than a few toes.
▪ People despair at the prospect of having to remain in their present positions for another twenty years or so.
▪ This should be the same size as the difference between the panel's present and final position.
▪ Just think what that means to people who have an understanding of what is really their present position.
privileged
▪ Modern surveys have revealed the extent to which the public expects the Royal Family to earn its privileged position.
▪ Men are in a very privileged position.
▪ Of these five children two others also gave up their privileged positions in society to promote a new order.
▪ The privileged position of the nobility seemed threatened, too, by the growing professionalization of the bureaucracy and the army.
▪ Ministers were as anxious as their predecessors to preserve Britain's privileged position in the Western alliance.
▪ Nizan occupied a privileged position in Sartre's life both intellectually and emotionally.
▪ The idea of the state revolves around notions of its privileged position of power and rule.
▪ This privileged position of an individual's wishes over the wishes of others also finds its expression in the concept of segat.
prominent
▪ The cars were painted khaki with the red cross in a prominent position.
▪ Wexford found the lead, obligingly left by Sheila in a prominent position on top of the refrigerator.
▪ Now there is talk of recruiting blacks and Latinos, traditionally absent from the higher union ranks, to more prominent positions.
▪ Falck's indifference to what is considered smart has cost him the more prominent position he once looked like occupying.
▪ Further, public response to works in prominent positions is rarely commented on.
▪ This year I bedded out a few of these house plants in a prominent position in the garden.
▪ We have already alluded in Chapter 2 to the prominent position this occupied in earlier Chomskyan grammar.
▪ Fire Precautions Instructions about what to do in case of fire are placed in prominent positions throughout your place of work.
similar
▪ Precis writers and stenographers are in a similar position.
▪ The State Bar found itself in a similar position during Gov.
▪ In principle, this is very similar to the position of a computer hacker.
▪ What do people in similar positions in comparable businesses in the industry earn?
▪ Louis Rams, Young found himself in a similar position when cornerback Ryan McNeil picked off a 49er pass.
▪ These place the parties in a similar position to an asset sale, namely needing the consent of a third party.
▪ Matthew Lutz, 61, vice chairman and business development manager of Magnum, who held a similar position with Hunter.
sitting
▪ She jack-knifed into a sitting position and hastily surveyed their camp.
▪ Maxim lifted him very gently to a sitting position.
▪ She fell heavily, landing in a sitting position, bruising the base of her spine.
▪ We are all propped-up in a sitting position, with pillows at back.
▪ Anushkia Smyslov had bandaged Alex Bannen's head, and the physicist was propped in a sitting position against a workstation.
▪ Painfully, Christine swung her legs to one side until she was in a sitting position.
▪ He pulled himself into a sitting position on the chair and began to rub his calf vigorously.
▪ She pushed herself up into a sitting position.
social
▪ Economic and social position, of course, can be important bases of political power, yet they are not the only ones.
▪ In Hindi tum is used to address those younger than oneself or close friends or those in an inferior social position.
▪ Relative social position and relative command of this skill became regularly associated.
▪ The ranking of social positions as laid out by the Symbolic order is left behind.
▪ For example, the Functionalist-based theories see crime and delinquency as a response to frustrations arising from lower social position and status.
▪ But the nontechnical aspects of the profession received little attention, and nobody thought to address problems relating to social position.
▪ Compared to mere jostling for social position, fighting for females is a very important matter indeed.
▪ Funny: No longer did I feel restricted by monk or poor social position or the conservative Methodist Church.
strong
▪ Further asset sales from breaking up ConsGold will put it in an even stronger position from which to launch further takeovers.
▪ Thomas chose a strong position on a spur of Missionary Ridge...
▪ Bougainville is in a strong position to demand concessions in the talks that will follow the accord.
▪ The community broadcasters are in a stronger position than ever before to establish credibility at a nationwide level.
▪ Though a like condition existed among the Federals, their numbers were still strong and their position on the field tactically promising.
▪ Following the share sale, it will be in an extremely strong financial position, with no borrowings.
▪ The defendant, through an insurance company, is often in a much stronger bargaining position than the plaintiff.
weak
▪ It might seem, then, that the anti-realist is in a peculiarly weak position.
▪ De Gaulle needed the Big Lie to help build up his otherwise weak position in the eyes of the allies.
▪ Such a state of affairs provides the seller with a unique opportunity to exploit the relatively weak bargaining position of the investor.
▪ A desperate seller is in a weak position.
▪ Parliament, however, has a far weaker position.
▪ Khrushchev was in the weaker position at home, since Eisenhower was almost immune to criticism, especially on military matters.
▪ In fact the western Empire was probably in a much weaker position after 406 than the sources suggest.
▪ The Bruins appear to have strengthened their weakest position, the secondary.
well
▪ However, the government will sometimes have more information or be in a better position to take a decision.
▪ Those who saw them both play say Piper was better at every position except center field.
▪ They collided, Hughes sensed McClair was in a better position to punish the error, but Laws recovered.
▪ For these commodities, the seller is in a better position to shift the tax.
▪ Similarly burial plots at seismic locations have been constructed by the use of seismic stratigraphy and correlation with adjacent well positions.
▪ We will be in a better position to address these questions if we first pose a more specific one.
▪ This would put the vendor in a better position than it would have otherwise been in had the sale not taken place.
▪ The motor is also slightly more compact than the old models, resulting in a better hand-grip position on the back handle.
■ NOUN
pole
▪ Mansell dominated from pole position and never lost the lead, finishing nearly 10 seconds ahead of Williams team-mate, Riccardo Patrese.
▪ Ongais' Lola-Menard is the one Scott Brayton qualified on the pole position.
▪ It means Jim Courier retains the pole position he's held for all but 12 weeks of 1992.
▪ He then joined forces with partner Moir to clinch the doubles encounter and retain pole position for the Brentwood club.
▪ Saturday afternoon, Hunt earned himself pole position.
▪ He competed in 51 World Championship races and started in pole position in 29 of them, winning 24.
■ VERB
change
▪ The research then focuses specifically on the role of politics in changing the position of blacks.
▪ But my attitude is the same as when I changed positions from catcher to second base.
▪ Nurse the resident in a position in which he or she is most comfortable, and change that position frequently.
▪ Either the 49ers would change their approach or Doleman and Barker would change their positions.
▪ The sore, bruised, aching feeling makes him restless; always having to change position.
▪ You've been a starter 12, 13 years, and it's time for you to change your position now.
▪ Technological changes may change the position of translators.
▪ The biggest facelift will be on offense, where six players have either left, retired or changed positions.
clarify
▪ But the commission did clarify Gloucester's position in one area of the north where it had previously been somewhat equivocal.
▪ It had not been able to clarify its position on vital issues such as Punjab violence and communalism.
▪ I and my colleagues understand the anxiety caused by uncertainties like this and will clarify the position as early as possible.
▪ Therefore, I have raised an invoice for the tape, but will cancel it once we have clarified the position.
▪ The establishment of the Accounting Standards Board has not clarified the position.
▪ Can he clarify the position in relation to 15 Para and talk in terms of numbers rather than amalgamations?
▪ It was now of the utmost importance for the Unionists to clarify their own position.
consider
▪ It would seem logical that reassignment need only be considered in respect of positions for which the disabled employee is qualified.
▪ To be considered for education administrator positions, workers must first prove themselves in their current jobs.
▪ Since that was now clearly out of the question Peter decided to get himself away and consider his position.
▪ This point of view forces you to consider peo-ple, position, and performance with a more inventive eye.
▪ We shall consider the position further in the light of that report.
▪ As the taxi-driver played the brake and accelerator game and jolted him through the dark London streets, Mark considered his position.
▪ Tattersalls will consider its position as soon as the Chancellor's decision is definite.
▪ Maybe have a walk down the fence line to consider our position and prepare ourselves for awkward questions.
consolidate
▪ It was also a fight to consolidate his position within the insurgent camp.
▪ During the 1970s, with two power stations in relatively peaceful operation, the Board consolidated its position on the Somerset coast.
▪ Aung San was consolidating his overall position.
▪ He may consolidate his position by entering into a merger of sorts with Carlton when the Government permits such tie-ups in 1994.
▪ A broken spinnaker halyard put paid to Law's spirited last-minute effort, while Peters failed to consolidate his position.
▪ The traditional governing class with deep roots in the landed aristocracy was gradually displaced as the Third Reich consolidated its position.
▪ The prince himself was taken back to Northampton, where he remained while Gloucester consolidated his position.
▪ Smith first showed the way to consolidate a winning position.
fill
▪ Eagle currently has no finance director, and a person to fill this position is being actively sought.
▪ Elections give newcomers the chance to unseat incumbents or to fill vacated positions.
▪ The Vice-Chairman was unable to fill the vacant position so an interim administration was formed to take us to the next assembly.
▪ Last fall, Kaczynski applied for a job at the Blackfoot Market, but Potter had already filled the position.
▪ It informs them that others in society are more important and have a natural right to fill certain positions.
▪ I participated in a national competition called to fill eight positions of associate professor in gastroenterology.
▪ Not all groups feel the need to fill all of these positions.
hold
▪ Even if you hold some position of great authority, you don't have to be solemn all the time.
▪ Some assistant principals hold this position for several years to prepare for advancement to principal; others are career assistant principals.
▪ We have to accept that the reality is that we are always already on the slope, holding a position.
▪ He has worked at Scott's Express since 1991 and has held several positions.
▪ Decision-making is not confined to managers holding the most senior positions.
▪ Mayers has been with the company for 10 years and has held several positions.
▪ However, with so many women holding important positions we prefer the use of Dear Sir or Madam.
▪ We would hold these positions for a week while the instructors tried to drive us crazy and graded our reactions.
improve
▪ In the fifth hour of play, Karpov was reduced to shuffling his king to and fro as Short steadily improved his position.
▪ If his opponents were intent on overplaying their hand, it could only improve his position with the cardinal.
▪ Instead, particular professions try to improve their individual staffing position.
▪ This may also not be the best, but it is hard to see how Black can improve his position.
▪ Our refining costs remain lower than those of the industry and we are taking steps to improve on this advantaged position.
▪ Two accounting changes could help trusts improve their revenue positions.
▪ This latest set of bonuses will do nothing to improve this position.
▪ Serfs were tied to the land which they cultivated, with little opportunity of changing or improving their position.
maintain
▪ The controller can escape responsibility if he can maintain the position that the individual himself is in control.
▪ According to him, greedy business people often looked to the government for help in maintaining their position.
▪ Illegal activities often helped high-status groups maintain their positions.
▪ Instead, they continue to maintain their position by holding the world to economic and military ransom.
▪ From this point of view the professional-managerial class are likely to try to maintain their position by forming themselves into professions.
▪ Watson, Thacker and Bradbury maintained their position and speed.
▪ This, combined with widespread reproduction, helped maintain his position within the field of commercial art.
▪ Most people run this stretch but we maintain our position by paddling.
move
▪ Stockport's second victory in four days at Edgeley Park moved them into second position in the Fourth Division.
▪ Every man has moved into position and must remain silent and unobserved until the critical moment.
▪ Don't try to move to the correct position too quickly.
▪ It was moved to its present position between 1910 and 1912.
▪ Like Castro himself, it has shown just enough flexibility to move away from untenable positions.
▪ Later they move to a lateral position, with the woman applying squeeze control when required.
▪ The stocky, pixie-faced minister realised he was unlikely to move beyond his middle-ranking position in the Tory hierarchy.
occupy
▪ The extremes, on both parameters, are comparatively rare; most of us occupy a position part-way along each.
▪ So far his strategy seems to be working: although younger than William, he occupies a more responsible position.
▪ Those who gave smoking up in later life occupy an intermediate position.
▪ Do hearing people tend to occupy more influential positions in technology than do deaf people?
▪ For many years teachers had occupied a somewhat ambiguous position.
▪ Khotan also occupied a remarkably strategic position.
▪ We have already seen that two sentences differing only in respect of cognitive synonyms occupying parallel syntactic positions are in general logically equivalent.
▪ West Brom have promotion hopes of their own, having occupied a play-off position for most of the season.
shift
▪ She shifted her position and adjusted the fine wool of her skirt over her bony knees.
▪ To achieve electoral success, pragmatic parties might shift their position or expand the range of viewpoints they encompass.
▪ She felt very tired and as she shifted position she detected an ache in her left hip.
▪ Congressman Ashley from Toledo, Ohio, originally opposed including the counties but eventually shifted his position to get the bill passed.
▪ Obtain as much information as you can about his argument, his willingness to shift from the present position.
▪ There is a vast continuum between bureaucratic behavior and entrepreneurial behavior, and government can surely shift its position on that spectrum.
▪ He shifted his position: he was beginning to feel stiff and achy.
▪ There was some shifting of positions.
strengthen
▪ Investment to both upgrade existing facilities and extend our range of services has therefore been made to strengthen our position.
▪ The law specified only that the grants were to go to general-purpose local governments thus implicitly strengthening the position of elected officials.
▪ That achievement has been rewarded by a further undisclosed but substantial injection of capital by Courtaulds to strengthen its position.
▪ So instead you set out either to strengthen your position or to undermine his.
▪ A series of important enactments more recently has confirmed and strengthened the position of auditors.
▪ Paradoxically, what was potentially a threatening situation for Franco in fact strengthened his position.
▪ Dynamius was making the most of the opportunities provided by the conflict to strengthen his own position.
▪ The decision removed one of the rebels' principal grievances and was expected to strengthen Frelimo's position at the negotiating table.
take
▪ Other Western governments took a similar position.
▪ The editorial also took the position that isolation would not eradicate the disease.
▪ They then take up positions as if they were the people in the photograph.
▪ The Clinton administration, though generally supporting open markets, had taken a neutral position on the banana question.
▪ Rose returned alone soon after I took up my position.
▪ Not only that, but I have brought you here to take a position of high importance in our government.
▪ One measure he took to bolster his position was to marry Sigibert's widow, Brunhild.
▪ The city attorney rarely takes a position on the legality of proposed ballot measures before they qualify.
weaken
▪ Various new findings have weakened the position of the sceptics on climate change.
▪ Most observers believed that he caved in only because of his weakened political position due to the Watergate scandal.
▪ These things weaken the position of the Black woman, and have been done deliberately.
▪ Pilger had agreed but had apparently not realized how this weakened his position.
▪ The weakening position can be traced back to the Hatfield crash last October, in which four people died.
▪ This weakened his position as a symbol of the national struggle.
▪ This omission certainly weakened his position during the struggle that lay ahead.
▪ If Gaddafi survived, would it weaken or strengthen his position as leader?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bargaining position/power
▪ By tilting bargaining power towards labour, it encouraged big pay claims.
▪ In a competitive market the bargaining power of the owner of a particular commodity is limited.
▪ Naturally this bargaining power was not constant.
▪ Such a state of affairs provides the seller with a unique opportunity to exploit the relatively weak bargaining position of the investor.
▪ The United States seemed to be withholding its signature to achieve increased bargaining power.
▪ Western bargaining power had been eliminated.
▪ With the conference at last on the calendar, the various countries began preparatory activities to enhance their bargaining positions.
▪ Yet the desire for protection and security and some measure of equality in bargaining power would not down.
be in a strong position
▪ At the end of the war, the U.S. was in a strong position to influence the future of Europe.
▪ After an uneasy eighteen months he was in a stronger position than any Conservative leader since Lord Salisbury.
▪ Bougainville is in a strong position to demand concessions in the talks that will follow the accord.
▪ In the float it raised £50m cash, so is in a strong position to make its move.
▪ Middlesbrough will be in a strong position if they take full advantage of games in hand.
▪ The community broadcasters are in a stronger position than ever before to establish credibility at a nationwide level.
▪ The military did not always get its own way but it was in a strong position.
position of strength
▪ Both his coups began with a ruthless pre-emptive strike from a position of strength.
▪ Britain's experience with chemical weapons shows what can happen if we fail to negotiate from a position of strength.
▪ From that position of strength, he supervised the return of representative institutions.
▪ Johnson had steered himself into a position of strength from which to conduct his campaign in the election of 1964.
▪ Not surprisingly princes were concerned to build up a position of strength during their fathers' lifetimes.
▪ You're in a position of strength as a potential client who is checking out the service on offer.
position of trust
▪ He called it a disgraceful situation for a man in a position of trust.
▪ In fact, around one-half of the cases can be identified solely from the headlines as persons abusing their positions of trust.
▪ You will be in a position of trust, both of you.
responsible job/position
▪ Now he walks on crutches and holds a responsible position with a magazine in New York.
▪ One or two had quite responsible positions in their employment.
▪ Or normally have had not less than three years' experience in a responsible position in an approved specialist field within the industry.
▪ So far his strategy seems to be working: although younger than William, he occupies a more responsible position.
▪ The five-year MEng honours degree course is for particularly able students who expect to assume responsible positions in industry immediately after graduation.
▪ What had those educated women in that church, many of them with responsible jobs in London, in common with that story?
▪ Yet Margaret holds a responsible position in marketing and is by no means untalented.
resume your seat/place/position
▪ Will the delegates please resume their seats?
▪ By the time Michele returned and resumed his seat she was sipping her wine, her plate almost empty.
▪ If your opponent interrupts you, resume your seat while he is speaking.
▪ Madame Olenska rose, wound it up and returned to the fire, but without resuming her seat.
▪ Mr Scott resumed his place, a look of quiet satisfaction on his face.
▪ They resumed their seats and Owen slipped away into a tide of music and colour.
▪ Winnie resumed her seat and her knitting.
the missionary position
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "What position do you play?" "Second base."
▪ Always look for the best person to fill any position, regardless of age, race, or gender.
▪ Bombs were dropped on the enemy position.
▪ Ed asked me to lie for him to help save his job, which put me in a very awkward position.
▪ Few rich people can really appreciate the position of the single mother living on welfare.
▪ Government forces destroyed military positions and captured enemy soldiers.
▪ He eventually became Lord Chancellor, the most powerful position in the British legal system.
▪ Her position in the company means that she is responsible for major financial decisions.
▪ I'm not sure what I'd do if I were in your position.
▪ I have an interview for a position at the university.
▪ In her position, I'm not sure what I'd do.
▪ It's difficult to determine the exact position of the plane.
▪ It's important that the Socialists clarify their position before the conference.
▪ Jessica moved to a position where she could see the stage better.
▪ Jonson is in third position after the first part of the competition.
▪ Make sure you are in a comfortable position before you start to drive.
▪ Mears has moved from fifth to fourth position.
▪ Pollock rose to the No. 2 position in the company, but found that the higher she rose, the less she liked her job.
▪ She takes the position that all asylum seekers should be made welcome.
▪ The company has a strong position in most international markets.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Conspiracy theorists might guess that Brown has Polaroids of Wilson in a compromising position.
▪ If Cadbury buys Orangina, as appears likely, its position will be further enhanced.
▪ In Phoenix, several employees have even recommended that their positions be eliminated.
▪ Inflections, positions, and signpost words are the mainstay of syntax.
▪ No longer will some have power over others: positions of authority and the obedience they command will disappear.
▪ The position now depends on whether the period of exclusion which has been ordered is permanent, indefinite or fixed term.
▪ The enemy, aware of the strength of his position, simply sat still and waited for us.
▪ Then there's new positions I've been reading about, yaar.
II.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
better
▪ President Vladimir Putin is politically stronger, and better positioned to revamp the military.
▪ No region is better positioned to garner a larger portion of this surging, high-wage employment than Southern California.
▪ Homebuyers are also much better positioned if they are armed with a deposit of at least 25 per cent.
▪ In fact, it was better positioned than ever for the world of deregulation and competition.
▪ Analysts are debating who is better positioned to woo Catholics this fall.
correctly
▪ This ensures everything works, valves are correctly positioned and that all the necessary equipment is carried.
▪ My chair with its high back and strong iron wheels is positioned correctly to catch the sun.
▪ You will find that the paper is positioned correctly and will print without problems.
▪ Always ensure that the choke chain is positioned correctly.
well
▪ Kirchberg is extremely well positioned for exploring the Tyrol, yet it remains unspoilt and reasonable priced.
▪ The senator from Kansas appeared well positioned to take almost all the 362 delegates at stake in the seven states.
▪ They are less interested in investment and retirement plans and are less well positioned to attract meaningful new clients than older lawyers.
▪ From your current vantage point, you are well positioned to see how alcohol can get at these pain fibers.
▪ Both are well positioned and the high-low well synchronised.
▪ Here, Microsoft is well positioned with its Windows 95 operating system.
▪ It is well positioned to deliver further improvements in its operating performance in both the short and the longer term.
▪ Should the stock market take a big tumble anytime soon, at least one investor is well positioned to benefit.
■ NOUN
product
▪ The company should then use the segments that it has defined as targets against which products may be positioned.
▪ Spreckels manufactures and distributes a diversified line of materials for lifting and positioning products.
▪ Research can help a company to position its product in the market.
▪ These clusters are then used as targets against which products should be positioned.
side
▪ I always position myself on the side in which the rabbits hit the net.
▪ The pin is often positioned on the right-hand side, just over a ridge which runs across the front of the green.
▪ You will also find that the viewfinder eyepiece is positioned along the side of the camcorder body.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bargaining position/power
▪ By tilting bargaining power towards labour, it encouraged big pay claims.
▪ In a competitive market the bargaining power of the owner of a particular commodity is limited.
▪ Naturally this bargaining power was not constant.
▪ Such a state of affairs provides the seller with a unique opportunity to exploit the relatively weak bargaining position of the investor.
▪ The United States seemed to be withholding its signature to achieve increased bargaining power.
▪ Western bargaining power had been eliminated.
▪ With the conference at last on the calendar, the various countries began preparatory activities to enhance their bargaining positions.
▪ Yet the desire for protection and security and some measure of equality in bargaining power would not down.
be in a strong position
▪ At the end of the war, the U.S. was in a strong position to influence the future of Europe.
▪ After an uneasy eighteen months he was in a stronger position than any Conservative leader since Lord Salisbury.
▪ Bougainville is in a strong position to demand concessions in the talks that will follow the accord.
▪ In the float it raised £50m cash, so is in a strong position to make its move.
▪ Middlesbrough will be in a strong position if they take full advantage of games in hand.
▪ The community broadcasters are in a stronger position than ever before to establish credibility at a nationwide level.
▪ The military did not always get its own way but it was in a strong position.
position of strength
▪ Both his coups began with a ruthless pre-emptive strike from a position of strength.
▪ Britain's experience with chemical weapons shows what can happen if we fail to negotiate from a position of strength.
▪ From that position of strength, he supervised the return of representative institutions.
▪ Johnson had steered himself into a position of strength from which to conduct his campaign in the election of 1964.
▪ Not surprisingly princes were concerned to build up a position of strength during their fathers' lifetimes.
▪ You're in a position of strength as a potential client who is checking out the service on offer.
position of trust
▪ He called it a disgraceful situation for a man in a position of trust.
▪ In fact, around one-half of the cases can be identified solely from the headlines as persons abusing their positions of trust.
▪ You will be in a position of trust, both of you.
responsible job/position
▪ Now he walks on crutches and holds a responsible position with a magazine in New York.
▪ One or two had quite responsible positions in their employment.
▪ Or normally have had not less than three years' experience in a responsible position in an approved specialist field within the industry.
▪ So far his strategy seems to be working: although younger than William, he occupies a more responsible position.
▪ The five-year MEng honours degree course is for particularly able students who expect to assume responsible positions in industry immediately after graduation.
▪ What had those educated women in that church, many of them with responsible jobs in London, in common with that story?
▪ Yet Margaret holds a responsible position in marketing and is by no means untalented.
the missionary position
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Army units are to be positioned at all major installations including factories and power stations.
▪ Federal troops were positioned around the city.
▪ Make sure you position the wheel correctly before you tighten up the nuts.
▪ Nate positioned himself so he could keep an eye on the door.
▪ The French generals had positioned thousands of troops along the border.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A nice goof is to hide it altogether by positioning your pointer on its top edge and dragging down.
▪ After their diagnostic procedure the colonoscope was positioned at site of infusion and a second blood sample collected.
▪ All the hotel's pleasant bedrooms are positioned to give a view of the lake.
▪ But B. J. Surhoff was positioned perfectly.
▪ He turned the chair around, positioning himself with his back to the window, and opened the book.
▪ I dragged over a gooseneck lamp and positioned it to best advantage.
▪ If you use a mirror in this way, be careful where you position it.
▪ Something lowered over him like glass, something seemed to be positioned between him and the world.