Example sentences of "to compete [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All institutions will be free to compete for selective research funding . |
| 2 | One might expect females to compete for rich food sources , for these are important to them in gaining nutrition for child-bearing and lactation . |
| 3 | The private sector must be given a fair chance to compete for local authority contracts . |
| 4 | The studio said : ‘ The new release date will put the film in an ideal position to compete for next year 's Oscars . ’ |
| 5 | The major political parties , the Conservatives and the Liberals , were increasingly aware of the need to compete for working-class support . |
| 6 | Each of the 12 regional electricity companies is free , in theory , to compete for any business anywhere in the country , requiring 1MW |
| 7 | Theoretically , each of the 12 regional electricity companies ( RECs ) is now free to compete for any business requiring more than one megawatt ( MW ) of power anywhere in the country . |
| 8 | The Government has announced plans for local housing authorities to compete against each other for part of the money they need to renovate their stock . |
| 9 | On the one hand , the British Government is championing the idea that currencies and economies should be left to compete against each other within a system which encourages both monetary co-operation and national autonomy . |
| 10 | ZOLA Budd-Pieterse of South Africa and Mary Decker Slaney are likely to compete against each other later this year . |
| 11 | Hardraw is a friendly little place , particularly on the day of the annual brass-band contest when bands from all over Yorkshire and beyond come to compete against each other and the treeless side of the little valley is carpeted with supporters and spectators picnicking oil the grass and the ringing of the sounding brass echoes from the steep gillsides . |
| 12 | The justification is that it is undesirable for domestic firms to compete against each other in overseas markets : national welfare is enhanced if they maximize their joint rents . |
| 13 | Well , the Gold Cup meeting may be over for another year , but two of the most popular racehorses for decades were back at Cheltenham today to compete against each other for charity . |
| 14 | Our house system means that girls get to compete against each other in a healthy way . |
| 15 | Palestinians therefore had to compete with subsidized Israeli produce in the home market while being denied access to the Israeli one . |
| 16 | This is only a small point , the Fun School 4 products have enough going for them to be recommended and are certainly good value for money — BUT to continue to compete with other quality software that is now appearing , this lack of consistency will need to be addressed . |
| 17 | Such a mechanism could enhance our national ability to compete with other world class research communities . |
| 18 | The matter is further complicated if you have to compete with other project managers for the same resources . |
| 19 | All settings up to about 8 ( out of 10 ) on the master volume elicit a clear , punchy tone , right down to the lower notes on my 5-string , and live it proved well able to compete with two rawk'n'rawl guitar players and a loud drum kit on an R&B pub gig . |
| 20 | Those practices must be brought to an end , and I know that my hon. Friends will strongly support the Government when we say that enough is enough and that if we are to have a compulsory competitive tendering regime , it must be one under which the private and public sectors are able to compete with absolute equality . |
| 21 | Behind the grille it is usually quieter than outside ( where you are ) , and the muffled voice may have to compete with loud background noise ; in addition the speaker 's face often can not be seen clearly . |
| 22 | With the advent of compulsory , competitive tendering in local authorities , direct service organisations are forced to compete with private sector organisations for contracts to provide certain services and as a result they are beginning to use strategic planning techniques ( see the section below on business planning ) . |
| 23 | The holy men , whose heirs , such as the Carmelites on the Derwent Ings , now venerate God 's wilderness which washes up to their walls , began to compete with each other as to who could plunder it the most . |
| 24 | These will allow Chinese enterprises independent decision-making powers for the first time and allow them to compete with each other in the marketplace . |
| 25 | However , the backgrounds and training of the members of the two professions do not naturally encourage mutual understanding ; and their commercial interests often lead them to compete with each other . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , group members also have to compete with each other for many necessary resources . |
| 27 | The banks would be expected to compete with each other in both the attraction of deposits and the making of loans . |
| 28 | New programmes have to compete with each other for limited resources , regardless of their priority . |
| 29 | As National Health Service hospitals are forced to compete with each other for business they may begin to see other hospitals as competitors . |
| 30 | It was argued that this could best be achieved by preventing the need for candidates from the same party to compete with each other in multimember seats , thereby reducing their need spend huge sums of money during the campaign . |