Sentence examples for claim a position from inspiring English sources

He cannot claim a position for which he was not chosen.

Nokia is continuing to battle against the odds to claim a position as the third global smartphone ecosystem.

Though he is tied with the New Orleans Saints' Drew Brees for the most wins since 2008, his rookie season, Flacco has long been the target of mockery — especially when he's tried to claim a position in the upper echelon of N.F.L. quarterbacks.

If Red Bull keeps raking in the big bucks like Henry used to score goals when he played for Arsenal, Mateschitz might claim a position in our starting lineup in the next few years.

You claim a position of moral authority, confident that the God of love guides your judgment.

The likes of the marathon attack allow us to claim a position of innocence and victimization.

In the 6th century the western Greek colonies claimed a position of importance in the history of Greek art.

The study was paid for by the Packard Humanities Institute and the Smith Richardson Foundation, neither of which claims a position on the issue.

While claiming a position that values life, the College has made choices that value the potential life of a possible fertilized egg over the actual lives of students who may well require insurance coverage in the present to avoid or treat life-threatening and health-compromising conditions.

After being sworn in this past March, she became the first woman to ever hold the Presidency of the Senate, evoking not only nostalgia in claiming a position her father once held from 1966 to 1969, but also re-affirming the political status the Allende family continues to hold in Chile.

Whiley's story enables him to educate Graham about bad sex, and in doing so he claims a position of authority in the peer group, in relation to Graham, youth worker Steven and me and as a moral authority on this young woman's sexuality and body.