Sentence examples for positions on fire from inspiring English sources

Aided by spotter aircraft from the aircraft carrier, New Jersey engaged enemy targets, setting several enemy positions on fire and sealing one cave.

Exactly what caused the men to become trapped and overrun by flames is unknown, but the case suggests that fire managers are struggling to find secure positions on fire lines.

Asked this week to specify Mr. Emanuel's position on fire department staff levels, a spokeswoman, Chris Mather, issued a one-sentence statement: "We have serious fiscal issues ahead of us, but we also understand how critical the dedicated firefighters in Chicago are to ensuring the safety of our city".

What is Stoudemire's position on fire extinguishers?

As a consequence of progress made by the 160th Brigade during the afternoon of 19 September, one of the brigade's mountain batteries was able to get in a position to fire on Bakr Ridge.

Mackay took up a position on a fire step, a raised part of the trench floor which allows men to fire over the top.

Have you taken a public position on the firing of literally thousands of missiles and mortars by Hamas at Israeli towns and villages, with the aim of murder and mayhem?

Instead, the insurgents were in a position to fire with such lethality on the Chinook because they were "at a heightened state of alert" owing to several hours of air operations in the Tangi Valley of Wardak Province.

It's taken a long time for the U.K. telecoms regulator to be in a position to fire the starting gun on the auction for 4G-suitable spectrum but bidding to acquire the up to 250 MHz of additional mobile spectrum in the 800Mhz and 2.6GHz frequencies has now got underway.

The militants wanted to set up sniper positions and fire on the city, the spokesman said.

A photographer, Tyler Hicks, and I watched a crew fire two 50-round barrages at firing positions on Oct. 7. Remember that line about many Afghan insurgents intending to stay alive?