Sentence examples for position to lay from inspiring English sources

10.12pm BST But Selby nails a red, and is in prime position to lay a tricky snooker.

Taking advantage of this civil war, the Christians seized Ronda, Marbella, Loja, and Málaga and were in a position to lay siege to Granada.

Her family, on her mother's side, was in position to lay claim to the Camden-Philadelphia bridge, which had been built across the Delaware in 1926, after a controversy of sorts.

If he wins Florida, Mr. Romney will seem to be in a position to lay claim to his party's nomination fairly quickly and begin focusing on trying to defeat President Obama, at least by the standards of any other campaign year.

"The case has not gone to court because we aren't yet in a position to lay a charge," Bourdages wrote in an email.

When he then accused Prokofiev of "wasting time composing operas", Prokofiev retorted that Stravinsky "was in no position to lay down a general artistic direction, since he is himself not immune to error".

These stresses slightly increase when you change from the supine position to lying on your side; this disc pressure is measured at 75 kg.

It wasn't until the ketamine had worn off and I tried to get into bed that I realised how much pain I was in: it literally took me 15 minutes to lower myself from a seated position to lying down.

He may not be able to find a comfortable position to lie down in.

While the White House had tried in the last few days to play down expectations for today's session, senior administration officials had also said that they had a good enough grasp of the Syrian and Israeli positions to lay out a road map for proceeding with talks.

It is positioned to lie in between the proximal and distal template clamps and is thus a compromise between stability and convenience.