11.   Once the council had recognized Gloucester as protector, the duke set about consolidating his position by dismantling the power of the Woodvilles and their allies.

12.   The communist want to return to this old policy but had to consolidate his position first with rent and interest reductions.

13.   The Glosters attacking, taking and consolidating positions.

14.   Along the way Clinton fell from grace and Gore consolidated his position as heir-apparent.

15.   And since the Thatcher revolution, the City has consolidated its position as a center of international finance.

16.   As bond yields continue to fall it only consolidates that position, Hood said.

17.   A gateway to the Pacific rim and barely half an hour from Silicon Valley, San Francisco has consolidated its position as a center of commerce and power.

18.   After infiltrating art and literature departments, post-structuralist theorists began to consolidate their position in architecture schools.

19.   But at least until the new heir consolidates his position, other Arab leaders will have to nudge along the peace process and rescue it from future crises.

20.   But with help from NATO, she might now be able to consolidate her position in the important Banja Luka region.