rightful position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrightfulandposition
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rightful
adjective
uk/ˈraɪt.fəl/us/ˈraɪt.fəl/
A rightful position or claim is one that is morally or ...
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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 ofrightfulandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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By services rendered and sympathy shown, and confidence won, we shall obtain ourrightfulposition, and they, a great desideratum.
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We cannot deal with this subject of higher technological education without placing universities in theirrightfulposition.
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I suggest that it cannot be done on a basis of private commerce, each country being jealous of what it calls itsrightfulposition.
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We have now returned those powers to theirrightfulposition: with local authorities in the democratic process.
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What is therightfulpositionof agriculture in our total economy?
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I do not know what arightfulpositionis in the air.
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We once led the world in railway thought, and practice, and it is high time we took up ourrightfulpositionagain.
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We thought that if the normal pay policy increases were taken into account the nurses would be kept in theirrightfulpositionin society.
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The representations made on behalf of the area have placed it in itsrightfulpositionin terms of the needs of the south-west as a whole.
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Being an excellent hunter and avid sportsman, he is well-schooled to assume hisrightfulposition.
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