Example sentences of "[noun pl] competing [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three groups competing for the right to develop the technology for high definition television are expected to sign an accord to pool resources to develop the standard , the Los Angeles Times reported : it said signing of the pact , which could accelerate introduction of HDTV , was imminent ; the groups involve General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Zenith Electronics Corp and AT&T Co , and Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA , Compression Labs Inc and the National Broadcasting Co arm of General Electric Co . |
| 2 | To illustrate the point let me cite the example of Yorkshire , where the majority of the county 's clubs competing in the Courage Leagues have no opportunity of taking part in a national knock-out competition . |
| 3 | THE Football Association are to request that players of all clubs competing in the third round of the FA Cup this weekend should wear black armbands in memory of former secretary Ted Croker , who died at the age of 68 on Christmas Day . |
| 4 | ICE hockey clubs competing in the Heineken League promotion play-offs this weekend are in some confusion over what format the league ladder will take next year . |
| 5 | The competition was tough with 304 UK projects competing for the honours . |
| 6 | IF THE promises are kept , the fourth Conservative term will see private operators competing on the railway network , a huge road-building programme to ease congestion and further moves to increase choice for airline passengers , all underscored by a commitment to transport safety . |
| 7 | Among those noting Xu 's habit of using just one board ( ingredients are so fresh and so quickly prepared that food poisoning is not considered a threat ) is Keith Mitchell , team captain of the British chefs competing at the culinary Olympics in Frankfurt next year , and head chef at the Grand Hotel , Eastbourne , East Sussex . |
| 8 | The neck is the focus of special attention , at times competing with the head with which its relationship is never securely fixed , always open to negotiation . |
| 9 | However , since there are only a few parties competing in the election and many different aspects of government on which they are offering a position , this can be only a very crude way to elicit people 's view of how much of any particular public good should be provided . |
| 10 | Among the many parties competing in the elections only the Civic Democratic Party and the extreme right-wing Republicans led by Jan Holcik stood in both parts of the country . |
| 11 | DARLINGTON rally enthusiast Steve Parker had mixed emotions yesterday as he joined hundreds of spectators at Scotch Corner to see classic cars competing in the Monte Carlo Challenge . |
| 12 | MEL at Crawley and Racal at New Malden are amongst the companies competing for the order . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , two categories of influence role can be identified : * External influences , which can include : your company 's salespeople ; salespeople from competing suppliers ; journalists and professionals writing in trade and specialist journals ; individual representatives at trade shows and exhibitions ; influential individuals in companies competing with the potential purchaser 's company ; influential associates and people with significant reputations whose Opinions are listened to and adopted , perhaps in professional bodies such as engineering , Computing , marketing , ACCOUNTANCY , etc. * internal influences , which may of course include gatekeepers and users , described above . |
| 14 | The Commission must have regard to the future development of competition ( including competition from undertakings located outside the Community ) , not merely to the position as it exists among the companies competing in the market at the date of the merger . |
| 15 | By being doctrinaire and parochial , it is easy to have a whole host of companies competing in the same home market ; but how many will be effective ( or even in business ) in ten years ' time ? |
| 16 | But despite the death the rowing at Oxford went on as normal today. , with crews competing in the traditional college races . |
| 17 | On and off for I , 500 years it has been served by a community of canons ; but an eighth-century archbishop implanted monks in its precinct , and the canons failed to depart — so that from that time on for many centuries there were two communities competing for the use of the church , and from about 835 for the golden altar which is one of the supreme glories of Carolingian art . |
| 18 | ‘ Indeed , there is an increasing number of countries competing for the limited funds available for re-investment and will be glad to welcome new entrants . |
| 19 | What it will not do of course , is reconcile needs competing for the same resources . |
| 20 | At 45 Mainwaring Road the upper maisonette was still advertising itself for sale — no less than six boards competing for the passerby 's attention . |
| 21 | Bankers close to the deal say that Morgan Stanley was forced reluctantly to accept a lower commission structure because Italy was being offered this by other banks competing for the business . |
| 22 | However , in the present context , the effects of quota restrictions in oligopolistic markets will have an additional effect of changing the conjectures of the firms competing in the market . |
| 23 | The research aims to compare the marketing strategies and practices of the Japanese , American and British firms competing in the UK market . |
| 24 | This year saw the biggest ever event with fifty six teams competing for the open , ladies ' , youth , junior and new veterans ' titles . |
| 25 | The charities to benefit have been nominated by the first three teams competing for the Clayton Trophy . |
| 26 | My first Rolex-Jackie Stewart Celebrity Challenge was in June 1984 when all the competitors and guests stayed at the Grosvenor Hotel in Chester , and the teams competing in the challenge clay pigeon shooting , shot at the North Wales Shooting School at Sealand , near Chester , run by the Jones brothers . |
| 27 | With only ninepence in their pockets , they founded an old boys ' association that went on to include a thriving club ( albeit minus clubhouse ) , a sports field and four football teams competing in the Zingari and Old Boys Associations ' leagues . |
| 28 | FA chief executive Graham Kelly said last night : ‘ Already there are members of FIFA who believe there should only be one team from the British Isles competing in the World Cup and European Championship . |
| 29 | The Commission has repeatedly stated its desire to encourage cross-frontier co-operation and joint ventures , with benefits such as promotion of innovation , speedier transfer of new technology , development of new markets and an increase in the number of businesses competing within the Community . |
| 30 | New Zealand 's meat and dairy boards have developed new markets in Asia in competition with European and American suppliers competing with the benefit of massive export subsidies . |