Sentence examples for position of holding from inspiring English sources

The government, they said, was in the dubious position of holding people indefinitely without charging them with a crime.

An interesting footnote: A Chelsea victory in the final would put them in the unusual position of holding both European cups for a period of 10 days.

Canada's natural party of government might soon find itself in the unaccustomed position of holding a Conservative government to account from the opposition benches.

With Turbo not counting, Prisoners finds itself in the unlikely position of holding the top spot for the third weekend in a row.

Ultimately, Kiribati is left in the position of holding out the begging bowl for whichever donor it expects to be most generous.

She landed the job and is now in the unusual position of holding not just one summer job, but two, at a time when fewer teenagers are working.

Get in the ready position, but instead of holding your glove to your chest, hold it to the ground.

"Right now, we're in a position of hold, until we do decide whether this is a case that can be grieved," Francis said.

They fear that international climate change negotiations, taking place under the auspices of the United Nations, will erode the position of corporations holding patents on existing and future technologies.

The short position offsets the risk of holding the bonds, known as a long position.

And post-9/11, the torture-porn subgenre, spearheaded by Saw and Hostel, placed viewers in the position of prisoners, held below ground, off-radar, subjected to dreadful indignities.