His remarks emphasizing Russia's support for democratic development suggested that Moscow was adjusting its position to recognize an inevitable transfer of power.
The chief executive is not in a better position to recognize systemic evil than is a middle level manager or, for that matter, an IT contractor.
Physicians are in a unique position to recognize in actual personal encounters what has been reported in every scientific study as to the sorry state of medical and hospital practice in this country.
This period now figures as the most controversial in American-Iraqi relations, when the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush were in a position to recognize the true face of the man holding power in Baghdad.
As the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Billings, Mont., Mr. Scarlett was in a position to recognize the shortage of official observations from the southeastern part of the state.
Mr. Reid wants to come up with some sort of leadership position to recognize Mrs. Clinton's standing as one of the party's most popular figures, and aides said he was confident that he could arrive at something with sufficient muscle to appeal to her.
There is perhaps no one better positioned to recognize the flaws in the theory of American exceptionalism than the president of the United States: he – and it's always been a he, another flaw – sits atop the apparatus of the system of government fundamental to the thesis.
When people complained that "The Bone People" was not a genuine Maori novel, they were saying, in effect, that there is, or could be, a genuine Maori novel, and that they, and not functionaries in some multinational corporation's public-relations apparat, were the ones in the proper position to recognize it as such.
The upshot is that we're now in a better position to recognize what works and what doesn't in a variety of areas — like which methods to reduce child abuse and prevent unwanted teen pregnancies appear most effective, or what studies tell us about how to improve the teaching of math or writing, or which police tactics are most effective at reducing crime.
But are laypersons in a position to recognize who is a (relevant) expert?
