1.   Before the departure for Paris, Mrs Maugham fortunately forfeited her position by various gratuitous and irrelevant remarks about the expense.

2.   From this point of view the professional-managerial class are likely to try to maintain their position by forming themselves into professions.

3.   Hesione is standing with her hands bound behind her back and held in position by two heavy chains attached to weights.

4.   Huy forced himself into a sitting position by degrees and brought the empty jar of fig liquor into vision.

5.   I was very cautious on takeoff and avoided the old machine-gun position by making a sharp turn as we cleared the trees.

6.   Instead, they continue to maintain their position by holding the world to economic and military ransom.

7.   Most people run this stretch but we maintain our position by paddling.

8.   Now reverse the position by rotating the hands but keeping them touching.

9.   The fitter brought the separate components into the correct position by the trunk.

10.   The Labour government eased the position by reducing the levy.