favourable position

collocation in English

meaningsoffavourableandposition

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favourable
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.vər.ə.bəl/us
/ˈfeɪ.vɚ.ə.bəl/
showing that you like or approve of someone ...
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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 offavourableandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffavourable position

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It places the stereohead joints in a situation of symmetric vergence, which is the mostfavourableposition for visual processing and position representation.
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The combined activation puts the user in afavourablepositionagainst its rival.
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By contrast, the male foundlings were in a much lessfavourableposition.
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The owner benefiting from a public policy is in the mostfavourablepositionin the rivalry.
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We favour the breeder's angle, as holding afavourablepositionfor observing and understanding the actors affected by the situation.
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The first step is to place the robot in afavourablepositionto cross the door.
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Secondly, division meant that a second son would be placed in afavourableposition, thereby averting the loss of social status to which second sons were normally condemned.
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Thirdly, many would-be candidates have resorted to some dubious mean in order to secure afavourablepositionon the list that would strengthen their chances of winning.
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Suppose the player currently taking her turn is in a statisticallyfavourablepositionin the next round because the transition probabilities favour repetition of the same state.
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Because of that we are in a reasonablyfavourableposition; but that is not so in the far north, where transport rates are terrific.
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What is the underlying motive of subsidising local authorities and placing them in a morefavourablepositionthan private enterprise?
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Furthermore, it would put sports organisations in a morefavourablepositionthan charities, which are exempt on trading income only, in limited circumstances.
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That would place owners of open countryside in a morefavourablepositionthan landowners generally.
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I thank the rapporteur for hisfavourablepositionon these amendments and the competent committee for its approval.
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Everyone concerned should be reminded that there are many citizens in a lessfavourablepositionto pursue their claims.
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From the start the road hauliers were placed in a much morefavourableposition.
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We have been in a uniquelyfavourablepositionsince devaluation, with a boom in world trade.
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What we have done is to turn a morefavourablepositionto our advantage.
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I am not claiming that the trust should be in any morefavourablepositionthan local authorities themselves.
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I do not see why some local authorities should be in a morefavourablepositionas compared with others.
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