Sentence examples for the peculiar position from inspiring English sources

You are in the peculiar position of an egg looking for a particular sperm among thousands.

"We're in the peculiar position of having to advocate against the reintroduction of elk," she said.

He is in the peculiar position of having transcended his sport.

The candidates' relative silence to date reflects the peculiar position they find themselves in as the primary approaches.

The "shadow secretary of state for health", the able Andrew Lansley, will be in the peculiar position of reporting to Mr Yeo rather than Mr Howard.

Although USPS is expected to function as a business, it is in the peculiar position of needing to win Congress’s approval for changes to its strategy.

But the coverage, focused on Ms. O'Donnell, has mostly overlooked the unlikely, peculiar position her foe is in.

By Nick Paumgarten The island's peculiar position and status have made it an urban-planning Rorschach: a stadium, a casino, an artists' retreat, and a homeless colony have all been proposed at some time.

The A&E documentary also assumes a peculiar position at the center of the mirror-world all these programs have created.

The Pyrenees have both a peculiar position in the Hercynian architecture and a strange evolution if viewed from the viewpoint of the development of orogens.

In the late spring of 2003, Miller was in a peculiar position at the Times.