Sentence examples for positioning oneself from inspiring English sources

The 23-year-old apprentice bricklayer used balletic grace to show the milling architecture students the importance of positioning oneself for the repetitive work of laying bricks.

"She hasn't played the crafty New York game of positioning oneself in other people's opinions," the critic Kay Larson wrote in New York magazine in 1990.

It is doubtful, however, whether complaining to Hillary Clinton about settlements, and positioning oneself as the "independent technocrat" to head up a unity government, will be enough to rescue his reputation across the occupied territories.

The matter of "positioning oneself among others in the social world" is a complex one, so discovering the right mix of attitudes and feelings "may be like finding the centre of gravity of a cloud".Sometimes, he writes, it is plain that the balance between self-interest and a proper concern for others has been seriously upset.

Positioning oneself as competitive is essential in any fast-paced talent market.

By holding the watch horizontal and positioning oneself so that the main hour hand of the watch points to the sun, the wearer can use the North Pointer GMT's red hand to identify the direction of north.

A better approach to investing is to recognise the uncertainties and position oneself to benefit from them.

Better to join the chorus of critics, and position oneself as a "good" feminist, in opposition to those other, "bad" feminists.

She did not imagine that it was an accurate representation of events Washington's stance was "regal," but not necessarily how one would position oneself in a smallish boat on a biggish river.

A casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that the whole point of landing the job as the S.E.C.'s director of enforcement is to position oneself for the better paying one on Wall Street.

She did not imagine that it was an accurate representation of events — Washington's stance was "regal," but not necessarily how one would position oneself in a smallish boat on a biggish river.