This is compared with a cross-sector average of 21% businesses in Scotland in a similarly weak position.
And that would have been something that Musharraf, who is in a weak position at the moment, would have found difficult.
But Mr Duncan Smith's history puts him in a weak position when it comes to issuing demands for loyalty.
Meanwhile, Netflix is also in a weak position with the providers of bandwidth that gets the videos to consumers.
The NFU Wales said that the role was essential given that farmers, "who are in a weak position, are taken advantage of".
Certainly, the Lib Dems are in a weak position to demand a more proportional electoral model from Mr Cameron after this result.
Marek Belka, the prime minister, is in a weak position, as his ruling Democratic Left Alliance has been falling apart over scandals and a weak economy.
The Treasury says that an independent Scotland using the pound would be in a weak position, dependent upon decisions taken by the Bank of England which, by then, would be an institution in a foreign country.
Although Morley, who was part of Villa's victorious European Cup triumph in 1982, wants to see every area of the current side strengthened, he is quick to point out they are far from being in a weak position.
That could put Bristol-Myers Squibb in a weak position, allowing Icahn to bargain for an even higher price--even though it's unlikely any other big drug maker would want to purchase ImClone given the company's exclusive Erbitux deal with Bristol.
It is just as likely that the military is using the vagueness in his pronouncements to grab as much ground as they can, leaving the KIO in such a weak position it will be forced to negotiate on the government's terms.
But it has a weak bargaining position, not only due to the Clarke-Modi personality clash.
He points out that the strength of the share prices of the two big aircraft manufacturers belies the weak underlying position of their customers.
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And women in many parts of Africa are in a weak negotiating position when it comes to insisting that a man put one on.
Undermined by Colombia's long-running political scandals, President Ernesto Samper is in too weak a position to offer meaningful peace negotiations, as he promised when elected in 1994.
It also allowed regular increases in the subsidized price of diesel to improve its weak financial position that has often been blamed for putting the rating at risk.
Yet the government there may find itself in a weak bargaining position when the time comes for it to square up to "the General", as GM is sometimes called.
He has clearly not decided what the balance between the regions and the centre should be and, in his weak political position, he has hardly been able to do so.
But the micro-celebrities themselves have a weak bargaining position.
Structural policy adjustments have played a role in some countries, but the improvement also reflects cyclical effects, in particular the relatively weak cyclical position of many advanced economies and movements in terms of trade.
Since September, the government has acted aggressively to attract foreign investment and improve its weak financial position, raising hopes that such steps would allow the RBI space to ease monetary policy and revive economic growth.
It has also-ran products, and its talent pool (despite 19, 000 employees) has been decimated by years of cost cutting and underfunding as Motorola was ramrodded by Carl Icahn into a split, and a very, very weak 5th position in the market.
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In response to Tuesday's announcement, Fitzgibbon argued that the lower than expected price was a result of Commerce's weak negotiating position due to the regulatory issues, coupled with the thinning out of potential buyers due to the distractions of the summer's credit crisis.
Ironically, the weak US debt position has not scared investors away.
The dumbest, most destructive economic policy of the Bush Administration has been its weak-dollar position--letting the dollar slide in value against the euro, the yen, the pound and gold.
But outside the strong-armed but erratic quarterback, the market at the NFL's most critical position is weak.
Their legal position appears weak: a buyer of illegitimately acquired goods has no one to blame but himself.
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