Sentence examples for attempt to position from inspiring English sources

The mayor denies claims that his stance against illegal immigration is an attempt to position him for higher office.

Few were convinced by Shell's bizarre recent attempt to position fracking as a trendy alternative to conventional fossil fuels.

Already the NDP has made a serious attempt to position itself as the only federalist choice for Quebecers.

But Pelosi's attempt to position her party as the cleaner party is being undermined by her initial decisions.

This homespun hard-arse stuff is pushed with sledgehammer deliberateness – an attempt to position her as Brexit's Bisto mum.

He believes that Mr Capellas will attempt to position MCI as the most IT-savvy network operator.

This statement, in other words, was an iteration of executive savvy — an attempt to position CNN for growth.

This overview is an attempt to position product technology as a scientific discipline that covers the area of product design and engineering.

Carnage seems inevitable as up to 198 riders attempt to position themselves in something approaching safety at the head of the field.

In an attempt to position himself as a "progressive" - not a left-of-Labour - leader, he explained: "The Liberal Democrats are nobody's poodle.

But the smaller Singapore exchange has aggressively wooed international companies as part of an attempt to position as a global exchange under its Asian Gateway strategy.