Sentence examples for taking up position from inspiring English sources

Eight groups (A-H) of four will be drawn, with each group first allocated a seed (taking up position one).

American troops in Kyrgyzstan use Manas airport, less than 40 miles from the more modest airport in Kant where the Russians are taking up position.

The hundreds of thousands attending were the advance guard of an inaugural crowd expected to number millions, as an elaborate security operation began with police and army reservists taking up position across the US capital.

Officials said fighters attacked a perimeter area of the huge and heavily fortified complex on Tuesday evening, initially taking up position in a school in a residential area of the site, which houses both a civilian airport and military base.

The explosions shook awake residents of a city that has now come to resemble a battlefield, with Iraqi special forces and militiamen taking up position on crucial streets and bridges.

Another escaped hostage told the radio station (via Le Figaro): When they saw the Algerian army taking up position, they separated the hostages: the expats on one side, the Algerians were taken to the foyer.

At 10 a.m., witnesses said, the Qaddafi forces abruptly withdrew, taking up positions in a close circle around the city.

There has been no visible sign of an American expeditionary force taking up positions on Iraq's borders.

Knowledge levels were highest among 5th year students, just prior to graduation and taking up positions as hospital interns.

While the Federals worked, Confederate soldiers of Major General David R. Jones's division began taking up positions in the area.

An hour into the standoff he fired at special forces taking up positions around the cell, according to the reports.