The foremost British position was at Mersa Matruh (Marsā Maṭrūḥ), roughly 120 miles (190 km) inside the frontier and about 200 miles (320 km) west of the Nile River delta.
West of the Maastricht "appendix" of indefensible Dutch territory separating Belgium from Germany, the fortress of Eben Emael, immediately opposite Maastricht, and the line of the Albert Canal constituted the Belgians' foremost defensive position.
In doing so, the judge discounted the testimony of Eric A. Hanushek of the Hoover Institution at Stanford, who is perhaps the foremost advocate of the position that money does not make a big difference.
Positioning is the foremost process in the location based service (LBS).
Toe clearance and toe clearance variability for ten healthy young adults were calculated two-fold: a) for the commonly-used position on the foremost part of the sole of the shoe and b) for the lowest of a total of 7 sole positions, located between the metatarsals and the toe tip across the entire width of the sole.
Peking University has maintained its position as the foremost nontechnical university in China.
Throughout most of her career, Graham maintained a position as the foremost figure in American modern dance.
Under his son, Constantine V (ruled 741 775), the iconoclastic movement intensified, taking the form of violent persecution of the monastic clergy, the foremost defenders of the iconodule position.
Her position as the foremost American female sculptor of the century was unchallenged during her lifetime, although critical estimation of her Neoclassical style never afterward placed her in the first rank of artists.
