American culture did not have a particularly high standing in Norway at the time.

And it looks like maintaining its high standing for years to come.

This office gave him a high standing in the social hierarchy and a sense of independence.

She came from such a high social standing that many were shocked to learn of her crime.

It was probably just an attempt to put himself in higher standing within the Order.

The only possible way for a woman to rise in class was to marry into a family of higher social standing than her own.

He had a "high standing" among the scholars of his time and region.

Not a single building or a ruin more than a meter high left standing.

There was an extremely elegant young woman, obviously of high social standing.

It also represents traditional education or a "Man of high social standing".

Fighting from an elevated position is easier for a number of reasons.

It is often used by people in elevated political positions.

"We shoot them from an elevated position for safety," he said.

Use the jack to raise the trailer to an elevated position.

To make matters worse, the church stood in an elevated position above the town, making access difficult.

From my elevated position in the stern I was able to follow her fall.

It stands in an elevated position at the top of a small hill.

It stands on a slightly elevated position, next to the market place.

I'm going to prop you up in a slightly elevated position.

She understood now that he'd set his sights on a more elevated position in society.

"What sort of exalted position does he have now?"

Trying to use your exalted position to get out of work.

In the end, he is rewarded with an exalted position.

And what responsibilities you will face in that exalted position!

While it's an exalted position, no one knows what the receiver of memory does.

It's by hard work I got to my present exalted position.

By birth you have a specially exalted position in society.

You can see over the hedge yourself, Captain, from your exalted position.

Certainly he was beloved of the gods, as his exalted position showed.

I have been gently and wisely prepared for my exalted position.

It's possible to win power inside the Wheel, a high-ranking position.

During the final years of the war, he served in other high-ranking positions.

Many of these individuals have subsequently gone on to hold high-ranking and influential positions in the music industry.

Each country is ruled by a king with its jewsts often having a high-ranking position.

He had a remarkable career and held various high-ranking positions during his lifetime.

She researched for her role by taking advice from a female officer in a similar high-ranking position as Grant is.

"I certainly discussed it with others in high-ranking positions such as the chief of staff."

The majority of those who died held high-ranking positions within the state.

He is the first person of Jewish origin to be elected to such a high-ranking position.

Ultimately, he would like to run for office, or be appointed to a high-ranking position in a Republican administration.