This horizontal movement of the lower end of the back leg allows the whole arrangement to assume the position shown in fig.
In 1919 the Labour party, as the second strongest combination in the House of Commons, decided to assume the position of the official Opposition, and Mr. Adamson became its leader, taking his seat on the front Opposition bench.
The bodies of the dead, and sometimes even of the sick, are despatched to sea westwards, with certain rites; those of the chiefs, however, are buried, for the order has something essentially divine about it; their bodies therefore are sacred, and their spirits naturally assume the position above described.
These stretches are static, which means that you assume the position and hold it for about 30 seconds.
He felt compelled to withdraw from the church and to assume the position of a seeker.