Sentence examples for this tricky position from inspiring English sources

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This forced East to win in this tricky position: If East had exited a trump, South would have won cheaply and led a diamond to the ace effectively.

Another diamond was led to the 10 and jack, leaving East on lead in this tricky position: East confidently led the diamond ace, expecting South to ruff.

West won with the ace, leaving this tricky position: West routinely returned the diamond queen, thinking it could do no harm.

South would have won with the jack and would have needed six more tricks in this tricky position: It appears that South is headed for defeat, but he can survive.

She could then duck a risky low spade return from West, win the third round of spades, and reach this tricky position: Diagram Now South can lead the heart ace, and West is on the horns of a dilemma.

This was ducked to West, who won with the 10, leaving this tricky position: Diagram A minor-suit return would have permitted the defense to prevail, but the situation was far from obvious.

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Her critics would point out that this is a tricky position to hold in the current financial climate, where countries that have gone to the capital markets, such as South Africa (one of her examples for how to do it right), are already beginning to struggle.

The tricky position this puts him in was highlighted by the Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, who said: "What a coup for Juncker – he has got an Englishman to be hangman for the British financial industry".

This may be a tricky position to get comfortable with, and it will take a bit of practice.

It seems, critics of the proposed deal point out, that its chances of being approved are now so slim that the firm's auditors must have forced AT&T to take the hit to its bottom line now.All this puts Deutsche Telekom in a tricky position.

This puts Michael Pragnell in a tricky position.

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