11.   Concessions now could weaken their position in the bigger battle over the full seven-year budget.

12.   Consequently, in the past week, the U.S. bombing has intensified in an apparent attempt to weaken Taliban positions enough to encourage an advance by the rebels.

13.   Her position has been weakened by an investigation of corruption charges while she was prime minister.

14.   However, his position was weakened by the upsets at Smart and the A-Class.

15.   If we end up sending them disproportionately to the Dominican Republic, not just to our families but to political parties as well, it weakens our position here.

16.   It could leave her alienated on the board and even weaken her position as president.

17.   No wonder people back home worry that subsistence wages and union-busting in developing nations weaken the position of American workers.

18.   Republicans on the panel suggested that the White House had deliberately kept the information quiet, fearing it would weaken their position in the debate.

19.   Such a development would allow both sides to save face, telling their supporters that they had not weakened their positions.

20.   That would allow both sides to save face, telling their supporters that they had not weakened their positions.