strong position

collocation in English

meaningsofstrongandposition

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strong
adjective
uk
/strɒŋ/us
/strɑːŋ/
powerful; having or using great force ...
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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 ofstrongandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstrong position

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He wasn't in a verystrongpositionto help me.
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However, the research makes it clear that thisstrongpositionis no longer tenable.
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The purpose of this squib is to argue against thisstrongposition.
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In certain policy areas, however, the associations have a relativelystrongposition.
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Ironically, although exiles themselves the nuns were in astrongpositionto assist the royalist cause.
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The first four feet are tetramoraic with an empty node in thestrongpositionof the third foot.
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From this perspective, the principal finds itself in a procedurallystrongpositionand the delegation is very provisional.
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Since position 8 is astrongposition, iambic feet are the most likely candidate for the constituents.
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If we concentrate on levels of marketable wealth, pensioner couples are still in a verystrongpositioncompared with other groups.
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This point warrants further exploration by the authors if they wish to retain theirstrongpositionof supposing that visual details are never internalised.
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Rather than adopt thestrongpositionof the unidirectionality hypothesis, they adopt the weaker position that there are strong trends in semantic change.
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The domain of tone sandhi is now the metrical foot, and the tone in a metricallystrongpositionspreads over the entire foot.
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Those who felt they were indispensable to their employers saw themselves in astrongpositionin negotiating reduced and convenient hours.
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Our results imply that this conventional view is not necessarily correct; rather that buyers with access to alternative sellers are in astrongposition.
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We were not in astrongposition.
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We are in art extremelystrongposition.
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We have taken astrongposition.
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We are in a verystrongposition.
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That surely is a verystrongposition.
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We are in a relativelystrongposition.
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We were in thestrongposition.
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It is an extremelystrongposition.
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We are in a particularlystrongposition.
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