commanding position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcommandingandposition
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commanding
adjective
uk/kəˈmɑːn.dɪŋ/us/kəˈmæn.dɪŋ/
having the authority to ...
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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 ofcommandingandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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State grain organizations established acommandingpositionin the grain market.
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There is no thought of allowing this country to relinquish hercommandingpositionin the aeronautical world.
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He put in an appearance, and dug himself in a trench of his own selection in acommandingposition.
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By any standard, these industries occupy acommandingpositionin the economy.
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Our manufactures no longer hold thatcommandingpositionwhich they once held in all the markets of the world.
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It has achieved coherence and organisation which puts it in acommandingpositiontoday.
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They will have acommandingpositionto view the day's events at no personal cost.
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Perhaps we do not realise that it was to some extent chance which brought us to thatcommandingposition.
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Each held acommandingpositionin this industry.
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They have served the country ill in theircommandingposition.
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It is very well rigged out in acommandingposition.
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It is very, very important that they are arranged now before any side feels that it is in acommandingpositionto impose its will.
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You might get a man of verycommandingpositionto take the post of umpire.
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But even in areas where the industry is in a totallycommandingposition, that position is eroded by another factor.
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The many centres of excellence in the dockyards place them in acommandingpositionto secure commercial work.
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He was put into acommandingposition.
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We are in acommandingpositionon the hovercraft which would certainly justify a concentrated effort to put it into full-scale production at the earliest possible moment.
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In all such cases we have acommandingposition, and with the denouncement of the most-favoured-nation clause, which appears to be utterly antiquated nowadays, we should be free to discriminate.
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Two colonnades enjoy acommandingpositionon the second-level balcony of the main faade.
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It would have been acommandingpositionat the time.
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