The phrase "a position to recognize" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's ability or readiness to acknowledge or identify something.
Example: "In her role as a manager, she is in a position to recognize the talents of her team members."
Alternatives: "able to acknowledge" or "in a place to identify".
This period now figures as the most controversial in American-Iraqi relations, when the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush were in a position to recognize the true face of the man holding power in Baghdad.
As the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Billings, Mont., Mr. Scarlett was in a position to recognize the shortage of official observations from the southeastern part of the state.
But are laypersons in a position to recognize who is a (relevant) expert?
For a thinker in the bad case is not in a position to recognize facts about the external world; he is, however, in a position to recognize facts about his own experiences.
But we are now in a position to recognize that there is, in fact, a fourth alternative.
Numenius suggests that Plato was in a position to recognize Socrates' Pythagoreanism because, before meeting him, Plato had already familiarized himself with Pythagorean philosophy (fr. 24.57).
"Coming into this position, we certainly recognized there were issues surrounding the program".
The chief executive is not in a better position to recognize systemic evil than is a middle level manager or, for that matter, an IT contractor.
"I take a fairly benign view," he says: Author-suggested reviewers tend to be familiar with the author's field and may be in a better position to recognize the potential impact of a paper.
However, if a coercive law can be morally legitimate even though some citizens are not in a strong position to recognize that it is, then (in principle) a coercive law can be justified even if it requires a religious rationale.
The upshot is that we're now in a better position to recognize what works and what doesn't in a variety of areas — like which methods to reduce child abuse and prevent unwanted teen pregnancies appear most effective, or what studies tell us about how to improve the teaching of math or writing, or which police tactics are most effective at reducing crime.
