11.   The new managers generally defined their new positions by their responsibilities, not their relationships.

12.   The priest rose from his kneeling position by the bed.

13.   They have strengthened their position by their performance in the recent local elections.

14.   We should reclaim our leadership position by immediately sending a significant amount of food aid.

15.   Borrowers are striving to ease their financial position by spending less and saving more.

16.   Prior to the opening of the talks the US sought to strengthen its negotiating position by suggesting that the bases were expendable.

17.   The paper is held in position by electrostatic attraction and the plotter can draw with any one of eight pens.

18.   These are retained in position by two metal plates perforated and grooved to allow contact between the membrane and solvent which is in the outer container.

19.   He started as a student doing a summer job until he was offered a permanent position by the present Chairman, Ian Presly.

20.   Ice, for example, consists of a lattice of water molecules held in position by hydrogen bonds.