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pre-eminent position

collocation in English

meanings of pre-eminentand position


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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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Examples of pre-eminent position


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It was restored to its pre-eminent was restored to its pre-eminentposition when the monarchy was position when the monarchy was itself restored in 1660.
We are no longer in that pre-eminentposition of a hundred years ago.
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It would be bound to lose its pre-eminentposition.
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We must be careful also to ensure that the legislation in no way damages our pre-eminentposition in world markets.
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It took us from a pre-eminentposition in the world.
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The decline of our merchant shipping industry from the pre-eminentposition that it occupied so recently is truly a melancholy story.
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So, how did we get to this pre-eminentposition?
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We have really taken for granted the pre-eminentposition in 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 its pre-eminentposition.
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Why have these efforts produced no major progress in fighting back to our original pre-eminentposition?
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The oil bonanza of the 1980s could have helped restore manufacturing industry to a pre-eminentposition.
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We occupied in 1913 a pre-eminentposition in this matter.
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That pre-eminentposition has been altered dramatically as a result of the huge number of imports from abroad.
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It has held its pre-eminentposition among 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 its pre-eminentposition in 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's pre-eminentposition in 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 a pre-eminentposition in world markets.
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The brothers continued to run the business much as their father had done, although it lost the pre-eminentposition it had previously enjoyed.
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The second millennium, however, also saw the beginning of a slow erosion of the pre-eminentposition held by plants as sources of therapeutic effects.
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The quartet lost their pre-eminentposition in gospel music after the war, when they faced competition from the newer hard gospel quartets.
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