Sentence examples for this extraordinary position from inspiring English sources

"The DCMS Select Committee has found itself in this extraordinary position of, in effect, leading this investigation because it at least has the power to compel witnesses and evidence – something the Electoral Commission can't do.

'This is the line that I had in my computer, but it might even be improved upon.' 17...exf3 18 Bxf3 Ngxf2 19 Qb3+ Ke7 In this extraordinary position, the Black cavalry is all over White but Black's king is also exposed.

He holds this extraordinary position because of his analysis of the genesis of human action.

The role of the Secretary-General derives from the UN Charter, and the person who holds this extraordinary position must understand that the navigation of the organization is with Member States, which means the General Assembly and the Security Council.

Which puts the proponents of this position in the extraordinary position of arguing that allowing couples to marry encourages them to engage in sex, and withholding the privileges of marriage will discourage sexual activity.

This puts us in the extraordinary position of the prime minister being compelled to announce his resignation while the leader of the opposition is simultaneously threatened from within his ranks.

If this is so, the Supreme Court will find itself in the extraordinary position of having ruled against Mr Assange on a point that his lawyers did not have a chance to consider or respond to.

Despite not having asked for this role, the companies have collectively realized over the past few years the extraordinary position they find themselves in.

And May is in the extraordinary position of not facing a coherent domestic opponent.

His detention, she says, highlighted the extraordinary position of artists in Iran.

It certainly is, for all practical purposes, if the extraordinary position taken below should be sustained here.