Example sentences of "able to compete [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes 12 Britons to do the work of nine Germans or of eight Japanese , which suggests that a good many more redundancies will have to be declared before British industry is able to compete on the world markets . |
| 2 | The MacSharry package will hit specifically those farmers most able to compete on the world market . |
| 3 | In all three cases the effect would have been to create merged units of a size able to compete with the many powerful US , European and Japanese companies now increasingly dominating the world scene ; for example , the Leyland/Bedford trucks merger provides a scale that neither could achieve on its own . |
| 4 | Thanks to the new rules , commercial banks will soon be able to compete with the merchant banks on the same terms . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So in every sentence position , many more alternative candidates are now able to compete with the ’ correct ’ word . |
| 7 | We do n't want the same to happen to us in the UK — to go the same way as the British motor or electronics industries have — and to prevent this we must make ourselves as lean , fit and efficient as possible ; able to compete with the Japanese on quality , service , delivery and price . |
| 8 | It concludes that British Coal should be able to compete with the price of imported coal while continuing to improve safety standards . |
| 9 | ii European collaboration will help create an industry able to compete with the US . |
| 10 | A new British guitar band able to compete with the Yanks on their terms . |
| 11 | Prospects of wholesale changes in working practices and conditions of services , if we will be if we are able to compete with the private sector in an aggressive market . |
| 12 | In addition graduates will be able to compete for the conventional careers open to geologists . |
| 13 | Officials who get through the qualifying round will be able to compete against the best in the world and there will also be prizes by British divisions . |
| 14 | It was Charlton 's 11th away success — a League best — and their achievements are all the more commendable coming in the wake of last year 's relegation , the departure of manager Lennie Lawrence , the on-off move back to the Valley and the fact that they have not been able to compete in the transfer market . |
| 15 | Recent pluralist work has accepted that class division and class competition are pervasive factors in modern society , and that not all interest groups are equal in power or equally able to compete in the political arena . |
| 16 | Anderson 's aim is to produce riders able to compete in the ten-event Grundig World Series . |
| 17 | 4/ The developing countries mostly need to be able to compete in the developed world market , which needs increased co-operation . |