Sentence examples for exercising a position from inspiring English sources

Describing the attacks on him after his Iraq visit, Penn wrote that he "experienced first hand the repressive condition of public debate in our country...I was beginning to feel the price paid by a citizen exercising a position of dissent".

It's an integrity issue: he's exercising a position of influence, which contributes to the appearance of coercion.

And they have a track record of responsibly exercising a balance-of-power position.

The rapper claimed the intention of his words in Marche were not intended personally, but that he was exercising an equally provocative position to that adopted by the newspaper and its journalists.

Aristotle has already made it clear in his discussion of the ethical virtues that someone who is greatly honored by his community and commands large financial resources is in a position to exercise a higher order of ethical virtue than is someone who receives few honors and has little property.

The difficulty of each exercise is enhanced when one steps closer to the anchor point which puts the body (in most strap exercises) in a position against heavier gravitational pull.

27, 29, 31, 40 These results could support the hypothesis that the water environment can create positive adaptations in dynamic balance, possibly through continuous instability applied to the subject exercising in an upright position.

To increase the intensity of the workouts, which is helpful for those who were already in shape and accustom to exercise before getting pregnant, increase the holding time (for exercises that require holding a position) or increase the number of repetitions (for exercises that have repetitive movements).

Most definitions use variations of something called Option 1, which states that any person in a position of "exercising control or capable of directing, planning, preparing, ordering, initiating, or carrying out an armed attack" against another state, when this attack is in contravention of the U.N. Charter, will be subject to investigation, trial, conviction and punishment by the ICC.

"Networks and studios shouldn't be in a position of exercising power over creative people," Stoddard told the Los Angeles Times in 1982.

Mr. Balaguer could still be in a position to exercise influence should his party come in second in the vote.