Sentence examples for position of distress from inspiring English sources

Sometimes people are very good at carrying themselves in a way that you wouldn't think that, but when they are put in a position of distress, it reverts more to, "No, you will do as I say".

Myners said: "What we need to do is to understand what went wrong here, which has cost this country so much – 7% of national output in perpetuity, millions of people placed in a position of distress, unemployment, worry about their mortgages – they're not going to be satisfied by an inquiry led by politicians".

This may put the operator in a position of cognitive distress, such that a judgement has to be made on which way to proceed: to avoid interfering with the process or to intervene.

The Kerry camp tried to explain the flag's position as the international signal of distress, but he lost soundly and the defeat scarred him.

The Center acts as a clearing agency for information except when the position of a vessel in distress isn't known, or when more than one CG facility is needed to give assistance, then by telephone & teletype contact with the various units, they direct and coordinate the search and rescue.

"We will communicate the position of the boat in distress to the authority and we will wait for what they tell us to do," says Regina.

Ms. Silverman, who said she did not know if the most recent death involved the administering of anesthesia, reiterated the hospital's position that the man showed no signs of distress during or immediately after surgery.

Although subgroup analysis of patients with clinical levels of distress at baseline showed an improvement in the position of CBT compared to SL, CBT was still not cost-effective.

"Where it has been shown, as it has been shown in this case, that someone in a position of authority caused – inadvertently or otherwise – distress in other individuals the least they can do is simply apologise".

Having risen to the position of junior assistant scoutmaster, I am distressed by having to encourage people to express their displeasure with the Boy Scouts' policies.

"It's clear in the report that a number of women in the Liberal Democrats were subject to behaviour by someone who had a position of considerable authority that caused them real distress," Clegg said.