Sentence examples for position to commit from inspiring English sources

"Who is maintaining Haroun in a position to commit crimes?

The Treasury is not in a position to commit significant funds to an expanded programme.

Woods's agent, Mark Steinberg, told Bloomberg News that, "Tiger is not in a position to commit to more time, so we cordially parted ways".

"We're willing to walk the walk because we're in a position to commit to try to sign him," Giants General Manager Brian Sabean said.

But a senior American official said that Mr. Gordon and Mr. Burns emphasized to Spanish officials, when the meeting was raised, that they "were not in a position to commit to one".

One of them lay down on a sofa and tried to contort himself into a position to commit suicide with a pistol that was consistent with the trajectory of the bullet.

Commissioner Gary Bettman on Thursday offered the most publicly detailed list of reasons yet for the National Hockey League's longstanding position not to commit to participation in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Japan today hardened its position not to commit to emission cuts under the Kyoto protocol beyond 2012, but claimed it had not abandoned the international treaty and would continue with its targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

"They used a position of authority to commit incredible, unspeakable and repeated acts" of criminality, he added.

The defense also cited forensic evidence to raise doubts about whether the defendant was in a position to have committed the crime.

Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries offering troops were establishing a headquarters, he said, and Saudi's position, he said, was to commit ground troops because "today we know there is no one fighting Daesh [Isis] in Syria".