Example sentences of "has compete [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He warns : ‘ Birmingham has to compete with outlying attractions . |
| 2 | Now London has to compete with New York and Tokyo . |
| 3 | Edinburgh has to compete with London ( 54 hours ) , the large provincial towns ( 56 hours ) , and Holland and Germany ( 60 hours ) " . |
| 4 | First , social policy expenditure has to compete with other public expenditure dedicated to the defence of the realm . |
| 5 | Gillit has to compete with fellow countrymen Rijkaard and Van Basten , plus Papin , Savicevic and Boban for one of the three permitted places open to non-Italians . |
| 6 | McEniff 's zeal for football has not subsided in later years , but it now has to compete with two other compelling passions , his family and his business . |
| 7 | But now that football has to compete with so many other attractions , good results and big names are demanded as the price of continued loyalty . |
| 8 | And the more success it has , the more self-esteem it gains , and the more confidence it has to compete against others , or even the environment . |
| 9 | It often has to compete against church bells or , increasingly , the chatter of the congregation . |
| 10 | Against this background , Scotch Whisky has to compete against strong and growing competition from an increasingly wide range of drinks products . |
| 11 | The 21-year-old , who has competed in the Luton and Brussels marathons , has been in constant training since October and is hoping to complete the course in under three hours . |
| 12 | The 28-year-old , whose interest in running began when he represented his school as a teenage athlete , has competed in three Potteries Marathons clocking up his best time of three hours and two minutes . |
| 13 | He has competed in the Middle East Challenge events for several years and for over two decades has raced both cars and off road vehicles . |
| 14 | Simon rowed in the last Olympics and has competed in 4 world championships . |
| 15 | Since Ormesby was formed , thanks to a handful of enthusiasts , he has competed in tournaments all over the country . |
| 16 | Hodgson shock SQUASH : Stephen Hodgson , York champion for the last three years , who has competed in nine successive finals , winning six of them , crashed to a shock defeat by Marcus Wood in the quarter-finals . |
| 17 | The American is Donny Odom , 24 , who has competed in his country 's national championships twice after spending four seasons maturing on tracks in southern California . |