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His new position is largely ceremonial because all the decisions are actually made by a committee.
The development of new electronic products has strengthened the company's position as the leader in digital technology.
Despite these improvements, Cardiff's position in the Welsh urban hierarchy had declined over the 18th century.
He owed his position as bishop to the influence of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham.
The piston was then temporarily locked in the upper position by a spring catch engaging a notch in the rod.
Stephenson became famous, and was offered the position of chief engineer for a wide variety of other railways.
In one mechanism, the elongation in a single plane is used to make a series stretches and position holds, similar to the way a caterpillar moves.
Each piston was raised by the steam pressure and returned to its original position by gravity.
These relationships involve the life history of the organism, its position in the food chain and its geographic range.
This expression can be further integrated to obtain the position r of the particle as a function of time.
The front link door has to be mounted on the suitable position on the front end of the bus.
The rear link door must be installed in the suitable position in the rear end of the bus.
The position of the doors means that they can be operated by just a driver, as opposed to a crew of two or three.
Connelly left the DH for a position in the Cabinet Office in June 2009 and was replaced by Tim Donohoe and Carol Clarke.
The current position of the English Channel was a large river flowing westwards and fed by tributaries that later became the Thames and Seine.
Saudi Arabia also maintains a respected position in Pakistan's foreign policy.
The textile industry has a pivotal position in the manufacturing sector of Pakistan.
Don't just help people, don't just love up your customers, do it in a way that is consistent with your desired position in your community.
The social position of these laboring classes was viewed as ordained by natural law and common religious belief.
This social position was contested, particularly by peasants, for example during the German Peasants' War.
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The position of a noun in a German sentence has no bearing on its being a subject, an object or another argument.
The main verb may appear in first position to put stress on the action itself.
In 1507, she held the position of ambassador of the Aragonese Crown in England, the first female ambassador in European history.
Over time, their High Church position had become ossified among a remnant of bookish churchmen and country squires.
This was placed on a platform raised upon the arches of the crypt removed to this position for that purpose.
Durham Cathedral occupies a strategic position on a promontory high above the River Wear.
Adherents to this position consider the influence of Anabaptists upon early Baptists to be minimal.
Since he had been deprived of his position of Bishop of Rochester by the Act of Attainder, he was treated as a commoner, and tried by jury.
The orthodox Theravada position rejects the wait, and asserts that rebirth of a being is immediate.
A degree of Doutor usually enables an individual to apply for a junior faculty position equivalent to a US Assistant Professor.
Legionaries were quartered in a peripheral zone inside the intervallum, which they could rapidly cross to take up position on the vallum.
The 6 tribunes were divided into units of two, with each unit being responsible for filling the position of officer of the day for two months.
Michael's church has prominent position beside the former site of the North gate.
The position was usually given to someone of great importance, who might not always be at the castle due to other duties.
The position grew to include other duties including purchasing royal jewels, gold, and silver, and appointing royal goldsmiths and jewellers.
The castle's position made it strategically important in safeguarding the Midlands against rebellion.
Its position allowed it to dominate the Fosse Way, as well as the river valley and the crossing over the River Avon.
Windsor Castle's position on top of steep ground has meant that the castle's gardens are limited in scale.
In September 2015, Adrian Bawtree was appointed second assistant organist, a position that replaced the organ scholarship.
These were raised into position as eight pairs, and all were fixed into place within a week.
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Though Holbein retained his position as King's Painter, Cromwell's death left a gap no other patron could fill.
The Reformation was a varied movement, however, and his position was often ambiguous.
If there is a break in the line of life at the same position as what could be a backup marriage line, the health lines take precedence.
Greenfield has suggested that references to the human body throughout Beowulf emphasise the relative position of thanes to their lord.
The theory was criticized by Thorndike in a 1915 letter to Science and several books, a position joined by Muir, Stillman, Steele, and Sarton.
Yet he failed to gain a position that he thought would lead him to success.
In 1647, Hobbes took up a position as mathematical instructor to the young Charles, Prince of Wales, who had come over from Jersey around July.
During the 13th century Thomas Aquinas adopted the Aristotelian position that the senses are essential to mind into scholasticism.
His position was enunciated by the works which he published during his lifetime.
In August, Johnson's lack of an MA degree from Oxford or Cambridge led to his being denied a position as master of the Appleby Grammar School.
This position contrasted strongly with the judgement of the previous generation who knew Shelley as a sceptic and radical.
Three years later, Miss Wooler offered her former pupil a position as her assistant.
Kipling was a staunch opponent of Bolshevism, a position which he shared with his friend Henry Rider Haggard.
And unless I am mistaken, Kipling's position in this class is not only high, but unique.
David Yates directed, and Michael Goldenberg wrote the screenplay, having taken over the position from Steve Kloves.
Some of the earliest cases of women being hired in professional orchestras was in the position of harpist.
The last major orchestra to appoint a woman to a permanent position was the Berlin Philharmonic.
Iranian rock bands have taken up an internationalist position to express their rebellion from the discourses in their national governments.
Jones inquired about the vacant position at the suggestion of his wife after Dreja dropped out of the project to become a photographer.
Despite good reviews and the Top Ten peak position of the title track, the record sold below expectations and there was no tour to support it.
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He was taken on as a teaboy, promoted to clapperboy, and soon rose to the position of third assistant director.
He telephoned Duff Cooper, the Minister of Information under Winston Churchill, hoping to get a position in Cooper's department.
They usually hold the position of associate artist for two years and are given an exhibition in the National Gallery at the end of their tenure.
The fielding captain often tactically changes their position between balls.
Field position is crucial in rugby league, achieved by running with or kicking the ball.
Each position has a designated number to identify himself from other players.
In Australia and New Zealand, each player is usually given a number corresponding to their playing position on the field.
The referee is usually a certified position issued by the club or assigned squash league.
Any penalties that affect grid position are applied at the end of qualifying.
When it became clear that Scotland could not qualify, Andy Roxburgh resigned from his position as team manager.
This second successive failure to qualify prompted Craig Brown to resign from his position after the final qualifying match.
Levein left his position as head coach following a poor start to 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, having taken just two points from four games.
This meant, I believed, that we were in a position to move things forward and complete the transaction in time for the January transfer window.
However, McDermott still resigned his position a few weeks after the season ended.
With Ipswich bottom of the Championship, Jewell left his position on 24 October 2012 by mutual consent.
Tom Crumbie was appointed secretary on 2 August 1895, a position he held for the next 33 years.
They lost the 1933 Lancashire Cup Final to Warrington, whilst finishing in no competitive position in the league once more.
Open, a month before his 45th birthday, Faldo finished in a very creditable position of tied for 5th place.
The win elevated him to 3rd in the standings and the position of knowing that if he won the Tour Championship he would be the FedEx champion.
After winning his first 21 fights, he defeated Donovan Ruddock in 1992 to take over the number one position in the WBC rankings.
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A wheel is when a horse is selected in a specific position with multiple horses finishing ahead or behind the one being wheeled.
As the race was over two thirds distance, he would have kept his position and won his first F1 world title.
Hill stepped down from the position in 2011 and was succeeded by Derek Warwick.
Supporting his son became problematic, which caused him to take redundancy from his position as an IT Manager and become a contractor.
In Istanbul he recovered from a spin that left him in eighteenth place to take second position in the final corners.
Hamilton had both his first pole position and first victory of his F1 career in the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.
Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position following a controversial qualifying session.
Both cars were forced to retire and Hamilton was given a 10 position grid penalty for the next race, the French Grand Prix.
At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Hamilton needed to finish at least in fifth position if Massa won the race to secure the World Championship.
At the following race in China, Hamilton secured his first pole position for Mercedes.
At the Belgian Grand Prix he secured his fifth and last pole position of the season and finished the race third.
In Abu Dhabi, Hamilton took pole position ahead of Rosberg, and led him for most of the race.
In the next race at Imola, he took his first pole position and finished second behind Michael Schumacher.
He surprised everyone by taking the second pole position of his career in Montreal, but crashed out on lap 47 of the race while running third.
He went on to pick up his first pole position for over three years at Belgium.
The revolutionary central driving position was designed for visibility and no compromise on control positions for the driver.
Mansell dominated the first round in South Africa, qualifying in pole position and winning the race by 24 seconds from his teammate, Patrese.
Patrese's position also looked to be under threat and he signed for Benetton before the end of the year.
The team eventually achieved eighth position in the Formula One Constructors' World Championship.
Webber notched up his 50th top ten grid position in 107 Grands Prix at the Spanish Grand Prix.
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At the opening round, the Bahrain Grand Prix, Vettel took pole position while Webber qualified sixth.
The team once again scored pole position in China, when Vettel managed to set a faster time than Webber, who completed the front row.
At the Spanish Grand Prix the two drivers were the other way around, with Webber on pole position and Vettel second on the grid.
Vettel qualified in pole position in front of the two Ferraris in Germany, but finished his home race behind the pair in third place.
At the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, Vettel again took pole position and was leading until the safety car came out.
In the race Webber failed to improve on his qualifying position finishing 7th whilst his teammate won the race in a dominating fashion.
His only method of fixing his position was to take sun sights with a sextant.
So he planned his final approach to follow a line of position directly to his destination.
For instance, in Piast Poland, the position of komes was not hereditary, resembling the early Merovingian institution.
The position between a continent and an ocean means that weather often changes.
The position was filled from 2007 until 13 October 2014 by William Hay, but has since been succeeded by Mitchel McLaughlin.
The Swiss UBS financial services company supported the position of the Deutsche Bank.
If Scotland became an independent state, students from the rest of the UK would be in the position in which students from the rest of the EU are.
But the Great power system institutionalizes the position of the powerful state in a web of rights and obligations.
The new warheads were also meant to strengthen the western negotiating position regarding nuclear disarmament.
This was a change from his position supporting the Boundary Commission back in 1925, when he was a legal adviser to the Irish government.
George Monck, Duke of Albemarle was given the position of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland but he did not assume office.
In 1720 he improved his position by bringing about a reconciliation between the Prince of Wales and the King.
Walpole also managed to secure the position of the Hanoverian Dynasty, and effectively countervailed Jacobitism.
They advanced through Carlisle and Manchester to Derby and a position where they appeared to threaten London.
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The Hessian force, led by Prince Frederick of Hesse, took up position to the south to cut off any path of retreat for the Jacobites.
A shocked Sullivan had no choice but to position the meagre 'second line' to fill the gaps.
Also sent forward to plug the gap was Bligh's 20th Foot, which took up position between Sempill's 25th and Dejean's 37th.
They maintained this position during the 18th century, becoming the biggest shippers of slaves across the Atlantic.
Napoleon spent the remainder of the year consolidating his position in Egypt.
Taking up a strong defensive position at Stradella, he confidently awaited an attempt by the Austrian Army to fight its way out.
Jinnah now was well positioned to negotiate with the British from a position of power.
The cabinet discussed Disraeli's proposal to position Indian troops at Malta for possible transit to the Balkans and call out reserves.
However, the German army had fought its way into a good defensive position inside France and effectively halved France's supply of coal.
Benedict XV found his abilities and unique position as a religious emissary of peace ignored by the belligerent powers.
This treaty, as designed in the conference of London, allowed the Sultan to retain his position and title.
But the war had permanently eroded Britain's trading position in world markets through disruptions to trade and losses of shipping.
With its central position in Europe, Germany is a transport hub for the continent.
Strong currents forced many landing craft east of their intended position or caused them to be delayed.
If we did not develop megaton weapons we would sacrifice immediately and in perpetuity our position as a firstclass power.
Despite the establishment of such an agreement with the British, Nasser's position remained tenuous.
Council is then not bound by the Parliament's position but only by the obligation to consult it.
In 1961 she went against the Conservative Party's official position by voting for the restoration of birching as a judicial corporal punishment.
The origins of Glasgow as an established city derive ultimately from its medieval position as Scotland's second largest bishopric.
Owing to its westerly position and proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, Glasgow is one of Scotland's milder areas.
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Jim Carruth was appointed to the position of Poet Laureate for Glasgow in 2014 as part of the 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy.
Swansea Castle was once an impressive building occupying a strategic position above the River Tawe but it is now hemmed in by other buildings.
The position remains substantially unchanged after the election although the Labour party has formed a governing coalition with the independents.
The Leader of the Council has no executive or administrative powers designated by statute, but the position is salaried.
The civic head and chair of the council is known as the Lord Provost, a position similar to that of mayor in other cities.
The position was first mentioned in statute only in 1917, in the schedule of the Chequers Estate Act.
By the turn of the 20th century the Premiership had become, by convention, the most important position in the constitutional hierarchy.
From this time, there was a growing acceptance of the position of Prime Minister and the title was more commonly used, if only unofficially.
Indirectly, the Act enhanced the already dominant position of Prime Minister in the constitutional hierarchy.
This reflected the Lord Chancellor's position at the head of the judicial pay scale.
May has identified herself with the One Nation Conservative position within her party.
In 1982 he was appointed Oil Economist, and from 1984 he worked as a bank economist as well as continuing to hold the position of Oil Economist.
The position of sachem descended through families, and were allocated by senior female relatives.
Moreover, the position of the conduction band edge of the monodoping impedes the photocatalytic efficiency.
As rearmament became a concern during the 1930s, Stanley Baldwin created the position of Minister for Coordination of Defence.
In April 1940 the position was formally wound up and the functions transferred to other Ministers.
The position of the Danish monarch as the head of the military is deeply rooted in tradition.
Though this position is nominal and real power is assumed by the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Singapore has the world's eleventh largest foreign reserves, and one of the highest net international investment position per capita.
Hence, Austria's prestige was restored in great part and the empire secured its position as a major player in the European system.
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The rebels attacked a British position near Lungi airport, but were forced to retreat after a series of firefights.
This increased the dissatisfaction with the country's position among Western diplomats and spokespersons.
With the changes of the international stance towards KLA and its recognition as a factor in the conflict, DLK's position also shifted.
No change in either country's position regarding the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands was made explicit.
The Governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England.
By 1974 the UK's position as a world motor vehicle manufacturer had dropped to sixth place.
Soria was put in a critical political position as a result of his confusing and changing explanations on the issue, and resigned the next day.
Because of her noble birth, she bitterly resented her position as a morganatic wife.
Innate attractions and repulsions joined size, shape, position and motion as physically irreducible primary properties of matter.
The first Conwy tube was floated into position in March 1848 and lifted the following month, allowing a single line railway to open on 1 May.
The position of the weight on the lever was adjustable thus allowing the operator to set the maximum steam pressure.
The ideal position for a back massage for the mother-to-be is to sit astride a chair supported by cushions.
The buffoon, though accustomed to deception and frauds, had sufficient mother-wit to comprehend the critical position in which he was now placed.
In March 2000, Ayling was removed from his position and British Airways announced Rod Eddington as his successor.
Instead, plosives are articulated with voice depending on their position in a word, in accordance with the rules of Tamil phonology.
However the economic position of the islands remains relatively precarious.
It is a historical position of the church that any disciplined theological work calls for the careful use of reason.
Even during the early years of the Peerage, the position of bishops was unclear.
As with the moderators of synods and assemblies, the moderatorship is a primus inter pares position appointed by the presbytery itself.
This position is also taken in some Baptist churches, especially Reformed Baptists, and by the Churches of Christ.
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To qualify, visa applicants must have already been offered a position at an educational institution which is licensed to sponsor migrants.
As of 14 July 2016, the position is held by Justine Greening, as her predecessor, Nicky Morgan, was sacked by Theresa May.
After the death of Stephen Joseph in 1967, the position of Director of Productions was appointed on an annual basis.
Believing that the job was his, Waugh resigned his position at Arnold House.
In 1917, he took a position at Lloyds Bank in London, working on foreign accounts.
He was offered, but declined, the position of Poet Laureate in 1984, following the death of Sir John Betjeman.
Mycroft has a unique civil service position as a kind of human database for all aspects of government policy.
The position that Burns accepted was as a bookkeeper on a slave plantation.
His position as one of the great modern poets has been much discussed, and he remains popular with the public.
His position was also helped by winning the Royal Society of Literature's Heinemann Award.
His views on the position of the Welsh people, as a conquered people are never far below the surface.
Thus, painters, sculptors, and architects came into their own, successfully claiming for their work a high position among the fine arts.
The idea was that the Justice Department would be placed in an untenable position if Pound won a major award and was not released.
In the US, it has held the top position longer than any album since 1985, and is certified diamond.
In 1877 Morris was approached by Oxford University and offered the largely honorary position of Professor of Poetry.
In May 1883, Morris was appointed to the DF's executive, and was soon elected to the position of treasurer.
In common usage, tabloid and broadsheet are frequently more descriptive of a newspaper's market position than physical format.
New Astra satellites joined the position in 2000 and 2001, and the number of channels available to customers increased accordingly.
In the essay, Berkeley examines visual distance, magnitude, position and problems of sight and touch.
In 1734, he was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland, a position he was to hold until his death.
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Education writer Richard Wright considers that Hume's position rejects a famous moral puzzle attributed to French philosopher Jean Buridan.
Generally, Hume took a moderate royalist position and considered revolution unnecessary to achieve necessary reform.
Utilitarianism as a distinct ethical position only emerged in the eighteenth century.
In his later life, he took a tutoring position that allowed him to travel throughout Europe, where he met other intellectual leaders of his day.
Marx strongly disagreed with this new political position and in 1863 was forced to withdraw as a writer for the Tribune.
In prose, the novel rose from a position of relative neglect during the 1830s to become the leading literary genre by the end of the era.
Leinster, Munster and Ulster combined are limited to one player at each position who is not eligible for Ireland selection.
This means drivers finishing 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th or 10th in race two could take pole position for race 3 depending on the outcome of the draw.
For 2014, this was changed so that the driver who finished Race 2 in 10th position made the draw.
Before 2006, the driver finishing in 10th place in race two took pole position for race three.
She shifted her position slightly so she could see the stage better.
The professor has been widely attacked for her position on the issue.
Her position on this issue has alienated many former supporters.
The president was forced to clarify his position on the issue.
Her new position came with a commensurate level of responsibility.
The castle is in a commanding position at the top of the hill.
He uses his position to proselytize for the causes that he supports.
To the extent that predicate position is an indication of adjectivity, however, soon represents no radical departure from the norm.
Jim took up an advantageous position and shepherded them out in a bunch through the doorway.
Stated succinctly, the position of the afficionadi of interleaving semantics seems to be as follows.
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Appointed in 1780 to the position of agent-general of the clergy, he determined at once to make the most of the appointment.
London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.
In one of these, Erich put himself in the usual position for an antipodist, which is lying down belly up, with his legs in the air.
Tito and Nehru tried to keep fervent antiwesternism from superseding the fundamental anti-bloc position of the movement.
In spite of the apodeictism of these statements, Foucault never articulates a fully coherent position on sexual repression.
More precisely, this work scrutinizes the relevance of the tRNA nucleotides at position 20, 35 and 36 in the yeast arginylation reaction.
His barehandedness was not unusual. Unlike position players, pitchers had in general been slow to seek the protection of a glove.
The besmalled position shocks Tusker to fell sick for a long time and finally die when he is asked to vacate the Lodge.
Over the past two hundred years the English language has risen, seemingly irresistably, to its present position of world-bestriding supremacy.
To his right in an honored position sat an Egyptian general, conspicuous by his Turkish pantaloons, red cloak and tall betasseled fez.
You can tuck the body pillow around your body in various places, which makes finding a comfortable position easier.
I think it's safe to say that no matter which position one takes on it, breathplay is considered edgeplay.
The fact that item 3 seems to slowly bubble up to its correct position gives the bubblesort algorithm its name.
The men got into position for the cast, two at the ladle, two with long rods, all with heavy clothing.
You can columnize an entire document, everything past the position of the cursor, an entire section, or selected text.
This paper explores the position of the copula in the development of the verb system in second language acquisition of Italian.
When you're ready, just call out the position of the pieces and I'll give you a countermove.
One consequence was that the crossopterygian fishes were dethroned from their privileged position as ancestors.
The position of the keratoprosthesis can be controlled or corrected using a cyclospatula.
The Lord President can not avoid our pointing out that the Government's position has shifted dizzily from point to point during these debates.
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With this double-handed frontal horizontal grip the child is held in secure prone position so that its legs can move freely.
Tone pitch depends on the dimensions of the dvojnice tubes and upon the position of the first hole in relation to the lower opening of the pipe.
The epistemological position of Ritschl, in our author's exposition of it, is little more than idealistic rationalism.
Exercitives are not so common. Philosopher-authors are rarely in the position to tell people what to do or think.
The height of the eyepoint depends on the focal length of the eyepiece and the position of its upper equivalent plane.
The goal is to teach students how to take a position and defend it strongly and with passion, and yet fair-mindedly.
A strict falsificationist position is thus inappropriate in research on meaningful data.
We think we can trust John with this new position as he has his feet on the ground.
The position may have been different when your client was living in the house with the flatmates.
When the ship was in position with the forestem to the south, a grave chamber was constructed just behind the mast.
We currently prefer to position this cutting guide freehandedly, without any supports, which means shorter cutaneous incisions can be made.
In due course he surfaced in Parliament as NP member, where he soon gatkruiped himself into pole position as FW de Klerk's blue-eyed boy.
From my position I could see the gins pointing back, and as the men turned they looked for a moment and then made a wild rush for the entrance.
The first one is the relative position of the giraffomorph clade with respect to the other pecorans.
The central position of the rogues in the plot gives unity to what could be merely a collection of gullings.
Lower Ventnor and the neighbouring Undercliff have a particular microclimate, because of their sheltered position south of the downs.
There remains occasional confusion between the Isle of Wight as a county and its former position within Hampshire.
However, today the monarch is advised by the outgoing Prime Minister as to whom he or she should offer the position next.
Its position was formed through constitutional convention, making its status as de facto capital a part of the UK's unwritten constitution.
The blue represents the West, while the number and position of the stars represent completeness and unity, respectively.
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In the 1690s, the economic position of Scotland worsened, and relations between Scotland and England became strained.
By 1560, a relatively small group of Protestants were in a position to impose reform on the Scottish church.
Superb Roman remains, Georgian architecture and countless museums justify Bath's position as a tourist honeypot.
In 1072, with the Harrying of the North completed and his position again secure, William of Normandy came north with an army and a fleet.
The Renaissance briefly reinforced the position of Latin as a spoken language by its adoption by the Renaissance Humanists.
The bottom is held in the normal position by a set of springs or by a hydraulic cylinder on each bottom.
The bottom automatically returns to normal plowing position as soon as the obstruction is passed, without any interruption of forward motion.
Ptolemy presented his astronomical models in convenient tables, which could be used to compute the future or past position of the planets.
His Prime Meridian ran through the Fortunate Isles, the westernmost land recorded, at around the position of El Hierro in the Canary Islands.
He deified his paternal grandmother Livia to highlight her position as wife of the divine Augustus.
Claudius, as the author of a treatise on Augustus' religious reforms, felt himself in a good position to institute some of his own.
And in front too there flowed a stream with an unsure ford, and companies of armed men had taken up position along the defences.
To describe a person's position in the legal system, Romans mostly used the expression togeus.
The Caledonians, short on supplies and feeling their position becoming desperate, revolted later that year along with the Maeatae.
Today's economic position is very different from the 1950s, when its prosperity was based on chocolate manufacturing and the railways.
Theodosius's financial position must have been difficult, since he had to pay for expensive campaigning from a reduced tax base.
With his position thus strengthened he declared Stilicho a public enemy, and he established Alaric as magister militum per Illyricum.
He may also have intended to give Alaric a senior official position and send him against the rebels in Gaul.
Finding their position in mainland Europe precarious, they crossed to England in 330 ships in two divisions.
Alfred, in 893 or 894, took up a position from which he could observe both forces.
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After that he witnessed fairly regularly until his resignation in 931, but was listed in a lower position than entitled by his seniority.
In contrast to his strong control over southern Britain, his position in the north was far more tenuous.
However, there are some isolated cases showing that some municipalities have abused their position in public procurement processes.
The Godwins' position disintegrated as their men were not willing to fight the king.
He was crowned after consolidating his position with victory at the Battle of Towton.
Almost immediately after the peace conference, however, Louis shifted his position considerably.
A naturally defensible position was identified perched high above the River Seine, an important transport route, in the manor of Andeli.
In 1296, however, his position changed when he received the papal bull Clericis laicos.
Mortimer knew his position in relation to the king was precarious and subjected Edward to disrespect.
Sir Robert de Crull was the last to fill this position during Edward III's reign and would have the longest tenure in this position.
In later years he recaptured these areas and achieved a dominant position for Gwynedd in Wales which had not been seen for centuries.
Margaret's defeat at the Battle of Towton confirmed Edward's position and he was crowned.
Henry shored up his position by executing all other possible claimants whenever any excuse was offered, a policy his son Henry VIII continued.
Despite Somerset's disappointment that no Scottish marriage would take place, his victory at Pinkie Cleugh made his position appear unassailable.
Likewise, the position of Italian cities such as Venice as great trading centres made them intellectual crossroads.
To answer the increased need for labor, workers traveled in search of the most favorable position economically.
Even then the position was complicated by the fact that Lutherans were not in favour of the annulment.
In the Church of England the position of archdeacon can only be held by someone in priestly orders who has been ordained for at least six years.
In some other parts of the Anglican Communion the position can also be held by deacons.
After reporting to the laboratory at a standardized time subjects rested in the supine position for 10 min prior to blood collection.

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