respectable position

collocation in English

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respectable
adjective
uk
/rɪˈspek.tə.bəl/us
/rɪˈspek.tə.bəl/
considered to be socially acceptable because of your good character, appearance, ...
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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofrespectableandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrespectable position

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This is a perfectlyrespectablepositionfor those who see human life as a mystery that cannot be solved by rational analysis.
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Corder maintains his innocence and appeals to hisrespectablepositionas the bailiff questions him, but he inadvertently betrays knowledge of the crime and is arrested (71).
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The resort to neutrality is an intellectuallyrespectableposition.
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Before the deal, we were seen as having, mostly, arespectableposition.
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This would appear to be a veryrespectablepositionon the matter, taking a specific point of view.
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That seems to be a whollyrespectablepositionto adopt.
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Stated in that term, this could be arespectablepositionto adopt, provided that inequity is avoided.
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That would be a perfectlyrespectablepositionif it did not conflict with some inconvenient facts.
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That is an understandable and entirelyrespectableposition.
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It is arespectableposition.
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We should put ourselves in arespectablepositionby forming a proper corps of guides who would not provide the bowdlerised history which one often hears now.
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They finished 9th that season, arespectablepositionfor a newly promoted team.
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In principle this is arespectableposition, but as the construction grows in popularity, its viability is progressively reduced.
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Stoke finished the season in arespectablepositionof 10th.
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Things picked up in the second half of the season, though, and the team finished in arespectablepositionin the top half of the 3.
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Montauban ended the season in seventh place, arespectablepositionfor a newly promoted team.
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Northwood finished the 2012/13 campaign in arespectablepositionof 13th, six places and nine points worse off from their finish in 2012.
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Slowly making their way up, many had achieved respectable positions by the beginning of the 20th century.
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The club continued to challenge for the title for several years coming in respectable positions, but their closest was that of the 1990-91 season.
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Its students are now everywhere in respectable positions.
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