Sentence examples for in a significant position from inspiring English sources
This is because she was in a significant position in government when the Conservatives stood on their manifesto at the last election and would therefore be better able to argue for carrying on with the same mandate.
And they might not have caught him conspiring to sell the seat in exchange for millions of dollars, for his wife's appointment to corporate boards or for being given a job "at a private foundation in a significant position with a substantial salary".Mr Blagojevich said that those propositions were nothing more than "manic brainstorming".
Ultimately, such regulation governs the balance between cell-cell adhesion on the one hand and cell motility on the other, placing the cadherin-catenin complex in a significant position to regulate both tumor cell proliferation and invasion.
The company continues to invest heavily in China, holding a significant position in 2 of the country's largest banks.
The acquisition, the biggest since the formation of Citigroup in 1998, would give Citigroup a significant position in consumer lending in Japan and a few other countries.
Crédit Mutuel said the Citigroup network, with 340 branches and 3.3 million customers in Germany, would give it a "significant position in Europe, with the opening up of a second domestic market".
In Elizabethan London, women occupied a significant position in the city's medical marketplace, both as consumers of medical services and as practitioners.
He'll get the infrastructure in place and then look to acquire a significant position in the US oil sector at today's fire sale prices.
In addition to these three examples, Alibaba recently made a $1.2 billion investment in Chinese Internet video leader Youku Tudou, Qihoo took a significant position in adtech leader MediaV, and Tencent owns a significant stake in vertical commerce leader Meilishuo.
Its deal to acquire Powergen for $7.4 billion would give it a significant position in Britain as well as properties in the United States.
