Sentence examples for the position believed from inspiring English sources

Levein, still finding his way in the position, believed his squad to lack the wherewithal to be bold or ambitious against most opponents.

General Nathanael Greene advocating moving the entire Continental Army to this position, believing the Christina River to be a more defensible point, but Washington declined, instead ordering Maxwell to monitor British movements and slow its advance while the rest of the army fortified the Red Clay Creek and Wilmington.

Intermittent short "deep sleep" phases while lying are characterized by the giraffe bending its neck backwards and resting its head on the hip or thigh, a position believed to indicate paradoxical sleep.

The central government also misunderstood the South Kasaian position, believing that, like Katanga, the region had declared full independence from the Congo and rejected Congolese sovereignty.

In 1919, when the victors of World War I were concluding their settlement against Germany — in the form of the Treaty of Versailles — one of the leading British representatives at the negotiations angrily resigned his position, believing the debt imposed on the losers would be too harsh.

Writers who are at the classic engaged position believe that social change is usually initiated by political parties.

Jim, who had turned down the temporary manager position believing that they should not be assigned one at all, is especially unhappy with the changes, and begins pranking Dwight by suggesting that he is leading an uprising called "The Fist".

Tilden later blamed Bayard, among others, for his role in creating the Electoral Commission, but Bayard defended his position, believing that the only alternative to the result was civil war.

Students in a dualism position believe that the instructor knows everything and that it is the instructor's job to teach students the correct answers (Perry, 1968; Markwell and Courtney, 2006).

American bombers flying round-the-clock sorties struck positions believed to be held by fighters of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in the folds of 11,500-foot-high 11,500-foot-high 11,500-foot-highwn for the second successive day today, as allied ground forces mountainsof the fiercest resistanearsince American milithis oprovincialbegan across Afghanistownfore monthe ago.

"Those who deprive women of their rights, limit their freedom or place them in a subordinate position believe that the political cost of doing so is very low".