Sentence examples for attempting to position from inspiring English sources

Obviously these figures are an embarrassment for Hillary, because she is attempting to position herself as an everywoman.

"Eyeo are strategically attempting to position themselves as part of the ad ecosystem and take an increased slice of the revenues but in reality they are damaging it.

"[G]iven the deaths of 15 million people during the war, attempting to position 1918 as a simplistic, nationalistic triumph seems … foolhardy, not least because the very same tensions re-emerged to such deadly effect in 1939.

In his convention speech, Trump claimed that immigration has impacted negatively on African-Americans and Latinos, simultaneously attempting to position himself as the champion of non-white people, while legitimising the views of people who hate them.

And in attempting to position architects as artists who have no responsibility other than to their muse, he may have resembled a rebellious, Ray-Banned, black-suited John Belushi.

The new body is attempting to position itself as an alternative leadership, in the same way that the National Transitional Council did in the weeks after Colonel Gaddafi was ousted from eastern Libya.

Doyon recruited roughly half a dozen new members and attempted to position the P.L.F. as an élite squad within Anonymous.

The campaign attempts to position North Fork as a bank whose managers get out from behind their desks.

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

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

Lebedev attempted to position the closure of the 30-year old Independent as a bold transition to a digital-only future.