Sentence examples similar to in a position to prolong from inspiring English sources

Together with the sectarian support that the Alawite Assad regime will likely retain over time against an increasingly mobilised and violent Sunni majority, as well as any continuing military and elite support, the regime is fairly well positioned to prolong what many in the west have confidently projected as an "inevitable" demise wreaked by history.

A key reason why Fini is apparently bent on prolonging the death throes of Berlusconi's wounded and all but inert administration is that the FLI is still not in a position to fight an election.

He's in a position to know.

A Dreamliner will also attempt to 'chase' the moon's shadow in an effort to prolong totality.

In an attempt to prolong his existence, Jimmy went to an Indian guru/doctor.

When the characters begin to reveal the truth she tells them "not yet", in an attempt to prolong the inevitable.

What a position to be in today.

In fact, studies by political scientists argue that the PRI used these elections as a device to prolong its rule.

Mr Lukashenko used a referendum in 1996 to prolong his first term to seven years.

Disciplined living, healthy foods, regular yoga and meditation play a large role in helping to prolong life.

Piecemeal change, as both blacks and whites in South Africa vividly understand, is simply a device to prolong white dominance.