1.   Moreover his domestic position was seriously weakened by his obvious lack of success as a diplomat and a military commander.

2.   Pilger had agreed but had apparently not realized how this weakened his position.

3.   This omission certainly weakened his position during the struggle that lay ahead.

4.   This weakened his position as a symbol of the national struggle.

5.   Various new findings have weakened the position of the sceptics on climate change.

6.   These things weaken the position of the Black woman, and have been done deliberately.

7.   You know, with every incident that gets publicised, it weakens their position even more.

8.   But it admits that the resettlement would weaken the position of indigenous Tibetans and Mongolians in the area.

9.   But Zimmerman said the resolution threatened to weaken the position of rabbis.