Sentence examples for position in advance of from inspiring English sources

Telecommunications giants have been maneuvering for position in advance of the auctions.

Varoufakis was speaking on a tour of European capitals, part of a wider diplomatic initiative to win understanding for his government's increasingly fraught position in advance of Monday's meeting of the finance ministers.

As officials at the upper reaches of both governments maneuvered anxiously for position in advance of Mr. Bush's speech, a sense of routine, even boredom, pervaded the Israeli actions on the ground.

Britain's position is already set in European stone, as last October the 28 EU member states agreed a common position in advance of the conference, to cut their carbon admissions by at least 40 per cent on 1990 levels by 2030.

The BBC's Kevin Connolly in Jerusalem says it is possible that with the ground invasion Israel is seeking to improve its military position in advance of any deal, but that more probably it has concluded that a ceasefire at the moment in unlikely.

That is largely because lawmakers will be busy jockeying for position in advance of the November elections, when a third of the 100-member Senate and the entire 435-member House will be up for grabs.

Addressing the Likud gathering in Tel Aviv, Mr. Netanyahu and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon staked out their positions in advance of a party primary scheduled for Nov. 28.

1 As electoral workers continued counting ballots, political leaders began talks to stake out their positions in advance of their forming a government.

Asked why the company had advertised for jobs at the detention center before it knew whether it had won the contract, he said: "As a private company, we often advertise for positions in advance of any contract award.

Even prior to the SEC's prosecution, Goldman had been pilloried for being a key counter-party in swaps that led to the collapse of the insurer AIG and for taking "short" positions in advance of the collapse in America's housing market.

"We in the EU still need to finalise our positions in advance of COP 16, but I think there's a real chance the negotiations could take important steps forward in Cancun, in particular to implement parts of what was agreed in Copenhagen and to work towards the global deal the world needs".