pre-eminent position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpre-eminentandposition
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pre-eminent
adjective
uk/ˌpriːˈem.ɪ.nənt/us/ˌpriːˈem.ə.nənt/
more important or better ...
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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 ofpre-eminentandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It was restored to its pre-eminent was restored to itspre-eminentpositionwhen the monarchy was position when the monarchy was itself restored in 1660.
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We are no longer in thatpre-eminentpositionof a hundred years ago.
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It would be bound to lose itspre-eminentposition.
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We must be careful also to ensure that the legislation in no way damages ourpre-eminentpositionin world markets.
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It took us from apre-eminentpositionin the world.
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The decline of our merchant shipping industry from thepre-eminentpositionthat it occupied so recently is truly a melancholy story.
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So, how did we get to thispre-eminentposition?
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We have really taken for granted thepre-eminentpositionin overseas broadcasting that we undoubtedly held in the early post-war years.
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This allows for innovation and development, so vital if our insurance industry is to retain itspre-eminentposition.
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Why have these efforts produced no major progress in fighting back to our originalpre-eminentposition?
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The oil bonanza of the 1980s could have helped restore manufacturing industry to apre-eminentposition.
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We occupied in 1913 apre-eminentpositionin this matter.
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Thatpre-eminentpositionhas been altered dramatically as a result of the huge number of imports from abroad.
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It has held itspre-eminentpositionamong international centres despite a decline, now a near eclipse, in the pound sterling as a reserve currency for a number of reasons.
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London has built up itspre-eminentpositionin this time zone by attracting banks from all over the world.
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His success or failure will be measured by his ability to maintain or destroy what is, but only just is, this country'spre-eminentpositionin this sphere.
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In our list of priorities we believe that the outstanding success which our industry has achieved in engine production has given us apre-eminentpositionin world markets.
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The brothers continued to run the business much as their father had done, although it lost thepre-eminentpositionit had previously enjoyed.
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The second millennium, however, also saw the beginning of a slow erosion of thepre-eminentpositionheld by plants as sources of therapeutic effects.
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The quartet lost theirpre-eminentpositionin gospel music after the war, when they faced competition from the newer hard gospel quartets.
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