Sentence examples for position lost from inspiring English sources

The position lost much of its importance temporarily after the mid-4th century bc, when the consuls began to appoint praetors to act in the consuls' absence.

Most of the productivity-focused programs I have seen blithely assume that competitive position lost on grounds of higher cost is best recovered by installing cost-reduction programs.

Ground, momentum and position lost at the start can be just as significant as it is when lost at the finish, a very basic point that the stewards seem to have ignored entirely in reaching their decision.

The Yankees, who were 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position, lost a chance in the eighth when Brett Gardner was thrown out at second after a pitchout.

The Brazilian, who had started from pole position, lost third place with 10 laps to go as a storming Lewis Hamilton, who started from 18th after a disaster in the rain-hit qualifying session, benefited from an early safety car period.

VOTERS in Brooklyn have managed to anoint the perfect man to the borough presidency, a job where personality is power and ceremony is now everything, just 13 years after the city's Board of Estimate was disbanded and the position lost most of its muscle.

The compounds without any substitute at 3′ position lose the activity on GSTP1-1 inhibition.

WIMBLEDON, England — On the first afternoon of Wimbledon, in the first match on Centre Court, Roger Federer found himself in an unfathomable position, losing by two sets.

Although he has a tenured position, losing grant support would force him to close his lab and leave his two postdocs without jobs.

The defender will, if he does not successfully fight for his position, lose the female to the larger male.

In the process of land acquisition with great interests, these peasants are often in a passive and weak position, losing land to protect future life.