He is apparently related to the Emperor and owes his position partly due to that fact.

Kell himself owed his position to a parent in the Legate congress.

That was forty-odd years ago, of course, but he owes his present position to me.

In many ways he owes his position to the revolution that General Clark started.

He owes his position, in some considerable part, I suspect, to the practice and development of these primarily social skills.

I consider that I owe my present position entirely to you.

Political leaders or governments owe their position partly to force and partly to popular election.

It is said that he owed his high position to his knowledge of Arabic.

They owed their position to Caesar, and they would vote for his laws.

After all, America's pre-eminent city owes its position to historical accident.