Sentence examples for position of dependence from inspiring English sources

In an interview, Mr. Nelson said it was "inexcusable" for the country's space program to be put in a position of dependence on such a politically volatile partner.

Putting arbitrators in a position of dependence on being chosen by the large corporate arbitration users tilts the playing field unfairly.

But even in a position of dependence Clarissa is too truthful, or proud, to cater to Lovelace's ego or to cease regretting that she left home with him: he is not, she tells him, "a man . . . who improved upon acquaintance".

The U.N. is protected from legal accountability for the harms it has caused by three legal and political factors: U.N. immunity, the absence of legal standing for individuals in international law, and Haiti's position of dependence in the international system.

The effect, however, had been to confirm New Orleans in its position of dependence on the American trade.

The U.S. energy renaissance has transformed our energy outlook from a position of dependence on foreign suppliers to an abundance of domestically produced resources.

They both want the same thing, but the former is hopelessly outclassed by the latter, and must move to a position of grateful dependence, despite nursing various doubts about the vigilante's methods.

What we do suggest is that the human race might easily permit itself to drift into a position of such dependence on the machines that it would have no practical choice but to accept all of the machines' decisions.

It's not just the thousands of pounds of free labour that graduates offer, meaning that many worthy liberal organisations now find themselves in the awkward position of financial dependence on a practice that skews the job market in favour of the children of the wealthy.

These alternatives may be ruled out by Locke's apparent opposition to arrangements that put some people in a position of extraordinary dependence on others.

Sometimes, this position of increasing dependence resulted in stress both in the relationships with their partner and with other members of the immediate family: I have a lower tolerance for mess and dirt in the household than he has.