Sentence examples for position as a buffer from inspiring English sources

Yemen occupies a valuable strategic position as a buffer zone between war-torn Somalia and Saudi Arabia.

"Yemen will pass the point of no return later this year". Yemen occupies a valuable strategic position as a buffer zone between war-torn Somalia and Saudi Arabia.

Although the film pays ample tribute to Tibet's status as a Buddhist spiritual capital, "Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion" also deals in brute, practical politics, examining Tibet's strategic position as a buffer between two of the world's most populous states -- China and India -- and its importance to the Chinese as a power base in the Himalayas.

Before all the cross-title poaching, a newspaper critic or indie magazine editor could be positioned as a buffer between the rival factions — a sort of neutral country — but now, they may well be involved in intramural rivalries of their own.

In a small nation troubled by historical anxieties, he also has positioned himself as a buffer against what he portrays as modern-day threats: such as European Union bureaucrats; or George Soros, the liberal Hungarian-American philanthropist; or, above all, migrants who seek to settle in the country.

2012 was in third place, using the holiday weekend as a buffer and dropping just 32%.

While the Republican Party leadership might, as Osnos points out, act as a buffer against the candidate's loopier positions on many issues, they are behind their man on climate change and environmental regulation.

Place large bookcases against walls to act as a buffer.

However, the Zn peaks are at approximately the same position as in the buffer while deviating more from each other.

Perhaps as a buffer against those splintering wheels.

The internet was also seen as a buffer to Russia.