Example sentences of "competition [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was much competition during the war as to who could come up with the best bomb story , and my mother had a great time telling this one to all the aunties , especially as it was only due to her nagging that I had n't been in my bed at the time . |
| 2 | Some of these locomotives took part in the railway ‘ race ’ from London to Aberdeen in 1895 , when there was keen competition between the west and east coast routes for Anglo-Scottish passenger traffic , and averaged well over 60 m.p.h. from Carlisle to Aberdeen on severe gradients . |
| 3 | Social selection results from ( a ) effects of competition between the subject and others of either sex with respect to commodities essential to survival in the situation that will allow attempt at reproduction , ( b ) competition for access to preferred members of the opposite sex for mating and ( c ) effects of competition between subjects for access to commodities in the environment essential for rearing of their young or those of relatives to reproductive age . |
| 4 | The report follows an EC directive in which the member countries are provided with the option of realigning their VAT policy by January 1993 in accord with a Community guideline that aims to prevent unfair competition between the member states . |
| 5 | There 's fierce competition between the travel companies to tempt the holiday-maker bored with Spain and Tenerife to Africa , the Far East and South America . |
| 6 | Section 4 on competition between the Channel Tunnel and other transport modes indicated the strength of the Channel ports lobby in France and a total of 750m FFr has been made available to Calais , Boulogne , Dunkirk and Dieppe to offset the adverse effects of the Tunnel . |
| 7 | If the only way to give the drama momentum is to allow through ( 1 ) an emergence of crude competition between the teacher and pupils or through the even cruder ‘ I 'm the baddy not to be trusted ’ approach of ( 4 ) , then she may have to abandon altogether her intention to open up ( 2 ) , the recognition by the townsfolk that here is an official who can not know and indeed who does not want to know what the cost of this decision will be to those of us who are faced with it . |
| 8 | They also pulled those in the railway ‘ races ’ from London to Edinburgh in 1888 and to Aberdeen in 1895 , when there was keen competition between the east and west coast routes and Stirling 's locomotives averaged over 60 m.p.h. between London and York . |
| 9 | A government committee , investigating fuel and power policy under Viscount Ridley in 1952 , suggested tighter control of pricing policies to ensure fair competition between the fuel industries . |
| 10 | In other words , ‘ We 'll see how we get along before we have any real competition between the sort of independent power producers whom the British are nurturing under their free-market arrangements . ’ |
| 11 | I think the competition between the IoT and the Tax Faculty will lead to a better examination system for the IoT . |
| 12 | The government argued that the previous system distorted business competition through the variation in rate poundages across the country ; further , that it undermined the accountability of a council to the people in its area . |
| 13 | The unification of Germany protected the lifestyle of the Prussian Junkers — indeed , the Junkers ' need to protect themselves and their lifestyle from the disrupting effects of outside economic competition through the creation and extension of a tariff union had been one of the major components in the formation of the German state . |
| 14 | promoting competition through the establishment of targets and by the dissemination of best practice ; |
| 15 | This increases the importance of competition as a structuring agent . |
| 16 | This may give an unbalanced impression of the competition as a whole and of the enthusiasm generated throughout at local level . |
| 17 | Underlying this notion of parents as consumers is the government 's belief in competition as a stimulus to improving educational standards . |
| 18 | ‘ I wished to appoint someone to this important post who had direct experience of competition as a businessman . |
| 19 | And the Liverpool Harriers athlete hit back at criticism from Dick , who claimed he had ‘ shown no respect ’ for his opposition in last weekend 's British final at Crystal Palace by using the competition as a training session . |
| 20 | With greater levels of competition as a result of structural reregulation , it was felt that a tightening up of investor protection was required . |
| 21 | After serving a two-year ban , Johnson , the alleged penitent , returned to top-class competition as an ambassador for the anti-drug lobby , lecturing children on the evils of the needle . |
| 22 | According to this case law , the announcement of the competition is considered as a proposal to conclude an individual contract of employment and the participation in the competition as an acceptance of this proposal , the conclusion of the contract being subject to the suspensive condition of the candidate 's success in passing the competitive examination . |
| 23 | Moreover , the current rules or guidelines focus on the impact on competition as the ground for referral by the Secretary of State . |
| 24 | This summer we 've an exciting competition for every fan of sparkling wine . |
| 25 | Responses range from bribing ( as your competitors do ) to refusing to bribe at all , but making adjustments ( for instance to price ) that will compensate for the bribe being offered and allow competition for a contract to be real . |
| 26 | The Greek champions , AEK Athens , have been banned from European competition for a year because of their fans ' misbehaviour in a European Cup match at home to Marseille this month . |
| 27 | This season Ajax Amsterdam were banned from European competition for a year after fans hurled iron stakes on to the pitch and forced the abandonment of a Uefa Cup tie in September . |
| 28 | This season Ajax Amsterdam were banned from European competition for a year after fans hurled iron stakes on to the pitch and forced the abandonment of a Uefa Cup tie in September . |
| 29 | Stallions usually only fight when in direct competition for a harem or a waterhole . |
| 30 | ‘ We had a competition for a name in the London office last week . |