position of authority

collocation in English

meaningsofpositionandauthority

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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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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofpositionandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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How and why this class came to apositionofauthoritysufficient to dominate politics is never explained.
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Although neither of them held apositionofauthority, they had been in the school for a long time.
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Furthermore, not everyone is able to transfer into management - apositionofauthority' off the field'.
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They are not much different from anyone else; they are in apositionofauthoritybut not because they are great or inspiring.
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The most important issue concerns the association between religious participation, as measured by reported frequency of worship and holding apositionofauthorityin church, and the political empowerment indicators.
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Joseph, risen to apositionofauthority, accuses his brothers of espionage and threatens them with imprisonment and death.
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For example, when a potential participant is approached by a council worker, clinician or person in apositionofauthority, he or she may feel obliged to take part.
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Obviously we must put some suitable person in apositionofauthorityand responsibility.
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It also takes time for those people to achieve apositionofauthorityin magistrates courts.
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We are considering persons in apositionofauthoritywho may in different ways have failed to comply with the law.
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Their own supporters in the country are doing that—not ordinary voters but people who are in apositionofauthority, in a position to know.
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He will, however, be placed in apositionofauthorityto enable him to be in charge of his rig.
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Thirdly, it must consider any convictions that the company—or any person in apositionofauthority—has for environmental offences.
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It could only be so attributable if that peron is in apositionofauthority, so that particular duties fall on him.
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I am trying to get over a question of principle, which is that the owner is in a particularpositionofauthority.
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For instance, should we make unlawful a marriage between a 16 or 17-year-old and a person in apositionofauthority, influence or trust?
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I am shocked that anyone in anypositionofauthorityin a country that is alleged to be civilised could behave in such a way.
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The managers enjoyed that prestige and importance throughout the years before nationalisation, and the manager had thepositionofauthorityin determining the reward.
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A generalpositionofauthorityprovision would lead to considerable problems and would not be a workable law.
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They are in apositionofauthorityin public places.
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