Sentence examples for this peculiar position from inspiring English sources

This peculiar position is something that has to be historically explained, particularly in terms of the passivity of the population - its acquiescence in a series of monarchical raids on central power, be it the coup of William of Normandy in 1066 or that of Dutch William in 1688.

But the flexibility also determines the peculiar position of this product in the market.

This is further supported by the peculiar position and clustering of the individuals from the extreme edge of the sympatric zone in Mindelo, where more than half intermediate individuals were detected on the network, and which is the only sympatric population of F. spiralis clustering with the allopatric ones with Structure (k = 3; see Figure A7 in additional file 8).

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

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.

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

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.

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.

The divorce action put the defendant, Donna M., in the peculiar position of arguing that their marriage was invalid and, therefore, there could be no divorce.

The residents of "free Libya" are in the peculiar position of being the only people on the planet pleading with foreigners to bomb their country.