Example sentences of "to compete with [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has its origin in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when Japan realised it needed natural resources from overseas in order to industrialise effectively to compete with the West . |
| 2 | World War I brought an unprecedented economic boom and recognition of Japan 's acquisition of Great Power status — the only Asian country able to compete with the West on its own terms . |
| 3 | The decision to compete with the fiction lending libraries altered things , but for a while the old remedy of pulping was resorted to , sometimes with amusing consequences as the flood of popular titles reached ever greater strength . |
| 4 | However , the price is a little too expensive compared to the best similar games on the Amiga and there 's not enough in it to compete with the likes of Sega games . |
| 5 | It aims to compete with the likes of BMW and Audi as the company moves upmarket . |
| 6 | They did n't have to live with this goddess , they did n't have to compete with the legend . |
| 7 | While individuals may be seeking : ( 1 ) freedom to advance their careers by moving on to other firms , but " job security " in the meanwhile ; ( 2 ) payment , on death or retirement , of the full value of their partnership shares ( including capital contributions , undrawn profits , goodwill etc ) ; and ( 3 ) upon death and/or retirement from practice , financial security for themselves and their families , the firm 's priorities in the interests of preserving profitability are likely to be concentrated on : ( 1 ) the need to impose restrictions on the freedom of partners to leave without adequate notice and/or thereafter to compete with the firm ; ( 2 ) the ability to remove from the firm any partner who has failed to meet proper professional standards who is disruptive or who is not seen to be pulling his weight ; and ( 3 ) the need to minimise the strain on the firm 's finances when a partner leaves whilst recognising a certain moral responsibility towards the family of a deceased partner . |
| 8 | On balance , it is probably better not to define such obligations in the partnership agreement itself except in general terms ( Clause 13.01 ) ; ( c ) the obligation on a partner not to involve himself in other professional activity save for the benefit of the firm ( and in particular not to compete with the firm ) and to account to the firm for any profits made . |
| 9 | The partnership agreement will normally contain provisions ( applying equally to all signatories ) to restrict the ability of an outgoing partner to compete with the firm . |
| 10 | It concludes that British Coal should be able to compete with the price of imported coal while continuing to improve safety standards . |
| 11 | Above them in the loft the musicians played , though their music had to compete with the noise of the revellers sitting at table . |
| 12 | The Communist Party of Great Britain , which was thus excluded from the Labour Party on its foundation was by far the most important Left minority in existence in the 1930s although it had to compete with the ILP for that position at least until 1935 . |
| 13 | The temptation for the rich nations will be to avoid or limit them by deferring expenditures on pre-emptive measures which will add up at home to taxes , higher energy costs and technology transfers to poor countries striving to compete with the donors . |
| 14 | The completed Railway would bring coal from Shropshire via Craven Arms , to compete with the Staffordshire coal , and would also cheapen the delivery via Montgomery , the result of which would be a large reduction of cost to the consumer . |
| 15 | Providers include the private sector , which is keen to compete with the NHS and match costs . |
| 16 | ii European collaboration will help create an industry able to compete with the US . |
| 17 | It is concerned to remove barriers to the process of product authorisation , to unify standards and ensure patent protection for EC biotechnology products in order to compete with the US industry and attract investment . |
| 18 | Ms Clark conceded that there was ‘ little you can do to compete with the discount offered by School Book Fairs ’ , but urged booksellers to ‘ show the teachers your advantages ’ . |
| 19 | 1 ) Novels : British fiction will be hard put to compete with the Americans , and with the dead , for space in the fictional stratosphere . |
| 20 | How can we help poor women to avoid neural tube defects when the appropriate supplements , even when they become available , are not going to be prescribable on FP10s but will have to compete with the rest of the family 's needs ? |
| 21 | The film shows a small state under the benign tutelage of Margaret Rutherford , pitching to compete with the Russians and the Americans in the space race . |
| 22 | Deepening the Common Market , that is pressing forward with existing policies , had to compete with the claims of policy widening , such as new initiatives in regional and monetary policy . |
| 23 | The business was put up for auction two months ago when Whitbread decided that its spirits operation , including brands such as Long John Scotch , Laphroaig malt whisky , Burrough 's mixed doubles and Beefeater gin , was too small to compete with the giants of the industry like Grand Metropolitan 's IDV , Guinness ' United Distillers and Allied-Lyons ' Hiram Walker Allied Vintners . |
| 24 | Herrhausen and Mr Reuter wanted to accelerate Daimler 's hesitant steps towards diversification , turning it into a huge manufacturing conglomerate capable of leading German industry to a high-tech future and big enough to compete with the giants of American and Japanese industry . |
| 25 | These companies realized at an early stage that there is no point in trying to compete with the majors in releasing daytime radio or ‘ Top of the Pops ’ material , and that it would be better to find acts who have proved popular on the live circuit but who are considered too left field for the majors . |
| 26 | Yet it was the only way to go if the labels they represent were to compete with the might of the majors . |
| 27 | If so , their sounds now have to compete with the sounds of submarines in the Sofar channel . |
| 28 | Taipei itself looked beautiful from the high balcony on which she and Florian stood , by night a glittering bowl from which the hum and roar of its mind-numbing traffic rose to compete with the sounds of the party going on in the large room behind them . |
| 29 | Thanks to the new rules , commercial banks will soon be able to compete with the merchant banks on the same terms . |
| 30 | There 's always been something missing from ICL 's product lineup — a decent range of low-end machines to compete with the boxshifters and the cheaper ranges from the likes of IBM , Compaq , Elonex , Viglen and Dell . |