Sentences with phrase «unusual position of»

A couple years ago, I was in the unusual position of defending Comcast in a column about cord cutting.

Clare Maurice has found herself in the rather unusual position of struggling to right the gender imbalance of her female - centric company.

And at a time when so many cell and module makers are struggling, First Solar is in the somewhat unusual position of having ample capital to fund its retooling.

The fact that the de minimis threshold remains at # 10,000 means that some businesses will be caught in the unusual position of being under the Personal Allowance, therefore having no tax to pay, but over the MTD threshold, therefore having to report their business finances quarterly to HMRC via digital tax software.

[This title is featured as the Mini-Review for the Friday News Wrap - Up for the 30th of November, 2012] It's a thin premise, but The Bowling Dead by Slant Six Games and Activision places you in the unusual position of a zombie apocalypse survivor who discovers a bowling ball that seems to be the only thing that can stop them.

Which of course, leaves me in the unusual position of rooting for Electronic Arts.

She felt we were in the unusual position of having both a good understanding of the market and the expertise to help authors write and edit their work to give it the best possible opportunity of attracting an agent then a publisher.

So the 1991 model - relatively indistinguishable from its predecessors - finds itself in the unusual position of battling itself for sales.It clashes with the 1990 SHO because some dealers are selling leftovers originally priced at $ 25,000 for about $ 15,000.

So the 1991 model - relatively indistinguishable from its predecessors - finds itself in the unusual position of battling itself for sales.

The Panamera 4E - Hybrid is anything but the only car in its class to embrace plug - in hybrid power, though its maker is in the unusual position of being able to make the best of the powertrain's electrification as part of its performance recipe.

Sandler, as the architect of his own comedy career, may be in the unusual position of having to work around himself.

The Man in the White Suit (1951) is too tame to be a genuine social satire, but the madcap chase to stop mild mannered inventor and idealist Guinness from unleashing his invention — a textile that never wears out and never gets dirty — finds capital and labor in the unusual position of teaming up to protect their mutual interests.

Kealoha Pisciotta, one of a half dozen plaintiffs suing to stop the project, finds herself in the unusual position of having friends on both sides of the debate.

«This was made possible by my unusual position of working on the symmetries of viruses whilst having a mathematical physics background and is thus a unique inspiration of mathematical biology back into mathematical physics.»

By Tuesday, the notion of closing Rikers had drawn a response from Mayor Bill de Blasio, who found himself in the unusual position of playing the political pragmatist.

The vote capped months of intense, behind - the - scenes jockeying influenced by de Blasio, who took the unusual position of inserting himself into the process, calling members personally to lobby for Mark - Viverito.

But one group in particular was overlooked for being in the rather unusual position of losing regardless of the outcome of the race to replace Mayor Bloomberg:

If a new vote were ordered, he says, Palm Beach would be in the unusual position of effectively deciding, on its own, the nation's next president.

«They have so far been unable to get their own backbenchers to agree a position on housing benefit and have therefore been forced into the highly unusual position of not tabling an amendment that explicitly endorses their present proposals.»

The latest tit - for - tat between the state's top Democratic politicians involves the 421 - a program, which is set to expire on June 15, and has put Cuomo in the unusual position of attacking de Blasio from the left.

Huracan are in the unusual position of having drawn all four of their games so far, meaning a point will send the Brazilians to the next round.

Sandwiched between the unanimous favorite and the next big superstar in golf, Rickie Fowler spent much of his first two days at the PGA Championship in the unusual position of riding in the sidecar.

Federated Farmers dairy spokesman Andrew Hoggard said he found himself in the unusual position of defending Fonterra.

But with my passion, love and enjoyment of food, I found myself in the unusual position of being able to combine these elements and facets of my life and build a successful business.

But with bountiful expansion opportunities, Cooper and partner Vicki Doueck are in the unusual position of devising growth strategies for their geriatric care management practice, Generations Counseling and Care Management LLC.

• I found myself in the unusual position of siding with JPMorgan Chase, which I don't remember ever having done before.

Accounting group PKF will find itself in the unusual position of having two member firms in Perth, after the members of the mid-tier Lawler alliance agreed to join the global network.

The unusual positions of the femur heads, one up and one down, broken in the same manner next to each other is unusual.

The unusual positioning of this new vent field suggests that other similar ones elsewhere in the world may have been overlooked.

Not exact matches

«She knows that she is in an unusual position and has the standing to have a major impact on the world stage,» said Peter Seligmann, chief executive of Conservation International, on whose board Ms. Powell Jobs sits.

A historic election has redrawn long cherished political positions, and investors are facing an unusual combination of deficit - financed stimulus, delivered through the mechanisms of higher government spending and lower corporate and marginal tax rates.

It's not unusual to see drops in gold prices towards the end of the year as traders unwind positions to get their financial statements in order to make end of the year reports.

Can investors exploit the combination of unusual changes in hedge fund long positions and unusual changes in short interest for individual stocks?

This was such an unusual and unexpected development that we felt we had to mention it in these pages (note: as of last week the speculative position has returned to net long 6,186 contracts, which is still very subdued exposure for this group of traders).

What each of the blockchain startups catering to enterprises have in common, according to Hu Liang, founder of another leader in the space, venture - backed blockchain operating system, Omniex, is some rather unusual positioning, from a historical perspective.

Munger recognized that «Grahamites... realized that some company that was selling at 2 or 3 times book value could still be a hell of a bargain because of momentum implicit in its position, sometimes combined with an unusual managerial skill plainly present in some individual or other, or some system or other.

A fairly unusual position, they might think they have found proof of the non-existence of gods, or might have been persuaded by life experiences.

Considering the history of conflicts between Church and State, it would seem more prudent for Christians, Jews, and others of good will to take the position that the death penalty is justified as long as it is carried out by a lawful sovereign, not inflicted in a cruel and unusual manner, and imposed only on those convicted of heinous crimes by due process of law.

The father runs out to welcome the son, «a most unusual and undignified procedure for an aged oriental» (Jeremias), freely forgives him, treats him as an honoured guest and restores him to a position of dignity and authority in his household.

My position is kind of an unusual one, unfortunately, at least for an American.

This unusual policy mandates that all school - approved groups «allow any student to participate, become a member, or seek leadership positions in the organization, regardless of [her] status or beliefs.»

What is unusual about this case is that a splinter group of the Orthodox community is taking the position that the entire prosecution is an attempt to destroy rabbinic authority and the Orthodox movement.

As Wenger said on Arsenal.com: «I played some boys with a lack of experience in unusual positions to see how they can cope with it,»

They have been about to accumulate 100 % result in the Europa league and Carabao so far despite the fact that some of them are playing in unusual positions.

Afterward we learned she couldn't make her way through the birth canal due to unusual cock - eyed positioning of her head.

Thus, I understand why a lot of young moms get into a panic when they see their babies sleep in an unusual position which is not mentioned in guidebooks.

Recently I found myself in the unusual (for me) position of flying without a person under 48» whose care and comfort I am responsible for.

Frye said after viewing a videotape of the home birth of Spencer Verzi in the feet - first breech position, she saw nothing unusual or suspect in Cryns» performance under the circumstances.

The international studies described include those on birth practices and breastfeeding, skin - to - skin contact, breastfeeding positions, making milk, as well as information on a wide range of unusual situations.

These four lawmakers are in an unusual — and rather uncomfortable — position, being forced to weigh the high - profile needs of the few (that would be the prostestors) against the long - term needs of the man (that would be the local residents, who, not for nothing, also voted Nadler, Silver, Chin and Squadron into office, while the Occupiers did not).