Sentence examples for set up positions from inspiring English sources

Other hedge funds held their ground, having set up positions designed to profit from a downgrade well in advance.

Other hedge funds held their ground, having set up positions intended to profit from a downgrade well in advance.

The Lebanese government has also told the United Nations peacekeepers not to set up positions at what had been border crossing points.

SERGEANT, ANONYMOUS Paratrooper, 2002, Nablus We took over a central house, set up positions, and one of the sharpshooters identified a man on a roof, two roofs away, I think he was between 50 and 70 metres away, not armed.

Residents said soldiers had taken over schools and set up positions in buildings, and were surrounding Nablus's Old City, a warren of alleys and tightly packed dwellings that has served as a stronghold of local armed groups.

By late Tuesday, Iraqi troops had pushed deep into the district and set up positions around hospitals and police stations, which the Iraqi government was seeking to bring under its control.

For a high heat transfer, a set up position of a large number of thin packages with a large heat transfer surface was found to be the best design.

Reach is only one of the many relevant activities for wheelchair court sport, and in addition to belting, the chair set up (position of the seat and the backrest and height of the backrest) is also believed to impact on reach [16].

The others were killed while setting up positions inside houses that had been taken over.

January 18 , 2013Updated at 6.08pm GMT 5.55pm GMT The AFP has published video of French troops setting up positions in the Niger River town of Markala, Mali.

It was not clear whether the troops were trying to storm the building or setting up positions from which to attack or negotiate.