Sentence examples for in a poor position from inspiring English sources

He is in a poor position to suggest this.

But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in a poor position to fix them.

United was in a poor position to withstand a strike because many customers were already seething over its many flight cancellations and delays in recent months.

But if this is the case they are unlikely to be recruiting at all and therefore may be in a poor position to react to increases in demand.

But, by elevating amnesia to official policy, the President has put himself in a poor position to make even that argument.

Moreover, the United States is in a poor position to criticize Saudi support of its positions in Iraq and the Arab-Israeli peace process.

But the Scottish National Party recovered from a poor position in the polls to win its parliamentary majority in 2011.

British journalist Dave Goodman acknowledged that Tyler's entry was an improvement on the previous year, though argued that it was a combination of a poor position in the running order and the song that kept the UK from scoring higher.

Thursday's Polls What we can say with more confidence is that Mr. Romney is now in a rather poor position in the polls.

Naturally, there are two concerns to consider here: that you are actually dealing with the real company using that name and that the company in question, no matter how established, is not in a financially poor position.

The US intelligence community is in a very poor position to be trusted with protecting civil liberties while engaging in intelligence work.