Sentence examples for quite in a position to from inspiring English sources

Given the sudden furore, Hansen felt he was not quite in a position to take his own advice.

Santana was approachable and down to earth, Matz said, but not quite in a position to offer empty words of encouragement.

At one point, the then governor of the Community of Madrid promised to do whatever it took to lure EuroVegas (though, as it happens, she was not quite in a position to make such promises).

And indeed, Itoje showed some decent touches, even if he never quite put himself in a position to engage the afterburner and outpace the Blues defence.

When Colin had been well he'd loved opera, and quite unbelievably Mark found himself in a position to get Royal Opera singers to perform in Colin's bungalow.

When I mentioned that most Americans think of the Tigers, if at all, as suicide bombers, George told me that Tamilchelvan said that this was "quite understandable," since Americans "are not in a position to discern the truth of any equation, since they are not familiar with the political situation".

"I'm actually quite comfortable that the SFL are in a position to have a strong role in this because there's a lot of people in the SFL who are passionate about the game, including myself".

Invisible illnesses are quite real and no one is in a position to judge the severity of others' conditions.

Yes, I know some people regard Labour as centre-right (a mistake David Cameron will be in a position to rectify quite soon) but the French, Italian and German centre left also got whacked.

Of course there were others involved, but let us be quite clear that each of these was in a position to stop the headlong rush to war by using the rule of law as an argument against the Bush regime.

The FCC itself declined to comment on the appointments or whether they would be working with the Commission in any official way, but even if Eisenbach and Jamison are strictly advisory, they are in a position to exert quite a bit of leverage.