Example sentences of "vie with one " in BNC.
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| 1 | All spoke here of man 's work — his enterprise , his pleasure ; stately hotels vied with one another , handsome shops displayed in their windows all the luxuries one might expect in the great cities of the realm . |
| 2 | The actresses , of course , were frequently loaned gowns by the house free of charge for the publicity that would be gained when they were pictured wearing them , and there were those among the society women who considered themselves above coming to the couture , ordering instead from the videos that nowadays replaced the weeks of shows of the old days — and staying away all the more determinedly as the great Paris houses vied with one another to tempt them to lend their presence to the occasion . |
| 3 | Even the most popular of girls soon discovered that in this highly competitive world where models vied with one another for the most glamorous jobs and the wealthiest and best-looking men there was far more bitchiness than in the provinces — and Paula was far from popular . |
| 4 | Essentially based on war , too , were the martial associations , the orders of chivalry , election to which was itself an honour and a sign of good military reputation , whose members vied with one another in the stakes for further recognition born out of daring and courage shown in war . |
| 5 | My fellow schoolboys vied with one another for admission to the cinema , so that they could witness X-rated films . |
| 6 | We vied with one another in trying to remember the order in which the stations came . |
| 7 | The tenth anniversary of the civil rights movement was celebrated on 1 January 1979 amidst a growing alienation of the minority Catholic population , a rising toll not only of violence but also of poverty and unemployment in the six counties , and an increasingly unbridgeable gulf within the majority Protestant ranks , with the Official Unionists and the so-called Democratic Unionists under the Revd Ian Paisley vying with one another in intransigence and extremism . |
| 8 | In fact , like the many German towns vying with one another in the Eighties , Nîmes decided on the building before it even had a collection to put into it , and since 1984 it has been buying in three areas with assistance from funds specially designated by the State for regional museums to collect contemporary works : French art from 1960 to 1990 , with the Nouveau Réalisme and Figuration Libre via the Support-Surface movement ; the Mediterranean scene , with art from southern France , Spain and Italy , with Arte Povera and the Transavanguardia , and represented by artists such as Jose Maria Sicilia , Miquel Barcelo , Susanna Solano , Janis Kounellis , Mario Merz , Giuseppe Penone and Enzo Cucchi ; a taste of English and German tendencies , with Richard Long , Hamish Fulton , Gerhard Richter , Imi Knoebel , Helmut Dorner and others . |
| 9 | It flourished for decades , with manufacturers vying with one another over technical developments , styling and warranties . |
| 10 | On rather boring walks on Hampstead Heath with a pram containing our younger brother , with Laura and my older sister , all sent out for air and exercise , Basil and I would enliven matters with long conversations , vying with one another over imaginary purchases of imaginary horses the one outstripping the other over the purchase price . |
| 11 | The election campaign saw the SPS and SPO vying with one another in nationalist rhetoric . |
| 12 | Being a good in itself , to provide it is a work of charity , an opus caritatas , which individuals and churches , cities and nations , may vie with one another to do , as they build hospitals or raise temples . |
| 13 | In the pioneering days of the festival this was undoubtedly true but in 1992 the quantity and quality of available music has increased enormously and amateurs and professionals vie with one another for audiences . |
| 14 | Building societies and banks , hire purchase companies and finance houses , credit and store card organisations all vie with one another to make money available . |
| 15 | Building societies and banks , hire purchase companies and finance houses , credit and store card organisations all vie with one another to make money available . |
| 16 | They ask these wives , who dutifully vie with one another in supportive dullness , many questions , and the wives solemnly swear their joint commitment to nuclear weapons and the sanctity of the family . |