In general, public support was behind the protesting women, most significantly by virtue of their position as women.

The king has enemies by virtue of his position.

Instead, teachers have authority to discipline pupils by virtue of their position as teacher.

He starts with quite an advantage over most everyone else just by virtue of his position.

By virtue of his position, he also has the ability to exert influence over the three publicly operated national networks.

Perhaps by virtue of his position, the Mayor was not killed.

The woman is oppressed by culture and by virtue of her position.

But there were things it could do, by virtue of its unique political and economic position.

It possesses the potential to fall by virtue of its position.

The president is by virtue of his position the chair of the council.