The phrase "a position close" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a location or status that is near to something else, often in a physical or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The company is looking to fill a position close to the city center to attract more candidates."
Alternatives: "a nearby position" or "a position near".
This might result either from steric hindrance due to the adjacent six-membered ring or from the positively charged guanidine group being fixed in a position close to the reaction site.
Mr. Gaulkin took a position close to the one advocated by the Innocence Project.
He always expressed that wonder from a position close to that occupied by the underdog.
The peanut flower is actually produced above ground but assumes a position close to the soil surface as it ages.
In 1187 he left Egypt, crossed the Jordan south of the Sea of Galilee, and took up a position close to the river.
The son of a low-ranking administrative employee, Phan Thanh Gian was outstanding in state examinations and won a doctoral degree the first awarded in Cochinchina (southern Vietnam)—and a position close to Emperor Minh Mang.
Moreover, in the more closed subunit, the coenzyme is allowed a position closer to the catalytic zinc.
Since the Kendrick scare, Nadal has changed his groundstroke positioning from about eight feet beyond the baseline to a position closer to it.
And the lane was only 12 feet wide -- it is 16 feet today -- so Chamberlain could establish a position closer to the basket.
Rosario has long cherished a position closer to the cutting edge than the capital, and it produced Argentina's two best-known modern artists, Lucio Fontana and Antonio Berni.
He added that as a result of pressure from the states, the Bush administration had taken a position closer to that of the states that found merit in Google's complaint.
