Example sentences of "compete with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This confused me until I realised that the more shadowy the figure of the ex then the greater her power , because no-one can compete with a phantom . |
| 2 | They can not compete with a handful of rice and 8d per day . |
| 3 | And anyway , a department store could n't really compete with a specialist shop like the Rose Bowl . |
| 4 | And , anyway , how could I compete with a brother like Jake ? ’ |
| 5 | Sharelink is considering an advisory service , but ‘ will not compete with the full discretionary service offered by stockbrokers . |
| 6 | The house had not the vistas or the parkland of Auckland Castle , and its chapel could hardly compete with the chapel at Auckland , but it had good walks along the Ouse . |
| 7 | Supplying engines to projects like this lets us compete with the supercars and avoid all the complicated polemics they create , ’ said Reitzle . |
| 8 | Whether it 's to reward ourselves for an achievement , or to lift our spirits , many women find little can compete with the rustle of tissue paper and the thrill of slipping into a pristine new outfit . |
| 9 | We have put in a lot of hard work to get our cricket back to a level where we can compete with the best sides in the world . |
| 10 | ‘ Although the sales force is relatively small ’ , Harris said , ‘ one of the things that Adams has been careful to do is to focus the activity so that it would actually compete with the majors in its field of respiratory medicine ’ . |
| 11 | A zone of low inflation , in which we can compete with the best . |
| 12 | They had no subsistence plots to fall back on , some tried reviving traditional handicrafts but these could not compete with the manufactured goods that had been made available by the market system . |
| 13 | By the early years of the twentieth century , however , stations could not compete with the upward thrust of American urban architecture . |
| 14 | Many people start their marriages wondering how many affairs their partner has already had , and wondering if they can compete with the possibilities that might threaten them in the future . |
| 15 | Cultivations are carried out for three reasons : to improve the soil crumb structure and so create an ideal seed-bed for the crop ; to uproot and kill weeds ; and to bury turf or crop residues where they will rot down and not compete with the ensuing crop . |
| 16 | New Order were proving they could compete with the largely faceless and bland disco outpourings of the major corporations , and also that it was possible to channel their personal intensity through this format . |
| 17 | But he got frustrated because , although he was playing well , he could n't compete with the younger players . |
| 18 | What instrumental techniques can not do is evaluate the sensory attributes of an odour , in particular its acceptability , nor can they compete with the human nose as far as sensitivity to most odours is concerned . |
| 19 | The hope is that these peptides might compete with the virus proteins for binding to the receptor molecules . |
| 20 | When they reacted the drug with a self complementary two ’ stranded , six-base DNA chain , they found that the hydrogen bonding which holds the two strands together can not compete with the bonding of the platinum complex to adjacent guanine groups ( see Figure ) . |
| 21 | I am greatly relieved that the name Hall is now no longer associated with a company which , having all the necessary finance , does not feel it is able to build , for itself , robots that can compete with the world 's best . |
| 22 | The researchers are particularly concerned at the impact on the food industry which currently exports a high proportion of its output to South East England and can not possibly compete with the substantially improved delivery times open to French competitors once the Tunnel is opened . |
| 23 | The fact that Poles could now compete with the Prussians ‘ reconciled profits with patriotism ’ . |
| 24 | Local farmers , too , were forced to face up to the unpleasant fact that they could no longer compete with the Poles because of the low cost of Polish labour and the high Reich and Polish tariff barriers . |
| 25 | They will compete with the algae for nutrients and CO 2 . |
| 26 | They could successfully compete with the true mammals who also evolved in the late Triassic ( and who also acquired the upright gait shortly after the archosaurs ) . |
| 27 | Levins died because Europe could n't compete with the Far East . |
| 28 | Aurigny does not compete with the bigger companies on the direct from Jersey or Guernsey to the UK . |
| 29 | My fees are competitive but I can not compete with the ‘ sweat shops ’ run by unqualified accountants who can bash out a ‘ set of accounts ’ for £200 . |
| 30 | This is because the time and preparation needed to achieve the perfect finish can not compete with the sophistication of modern moulding manufacturing processes , which have improved the standard of mass-produced leafing while keeping the cost of the finished mouldings at a realistic level . |