Example sentences of "[noun sg] compete for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the government minister calls their names , pride and shyness compete for mastery of their faces . |
| 2 | Central and local government compete for maximum advantage and possess different resources . |
| 3 | When the play ran at Stratford last year , their partnership was described by Charles Spencer , The Daily Telegraph 's critic , as ‘ one of the best things in the production , a superb study of a relationship in which passion and mutual vexation compete for dominance ’ . |
| 4 | Then the dog and the bitch compete for Best of Breed . |
| 5 | MORE THAN 600 RUNNERS , 100 CYCLISTS , 22 HORSES AND RIDERS , BUT ONLY JACK RUSSELL : HORSEPOWER , PEDAL POWER , KNEE POWER AND PAW POWER COMPETE FOR SUPREMACY IN A CROSS-COUNTRY MARATHON . |
| 6 | Ecology envisages a complex sorting process taking place as different types of plant compete for space . |