Example sentences of "compete [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , the fewer carp competing for the available food the better the chance of reaching a worthwhile size . |
| 2 | Scotland at their best and Ireland should now reach the semi-finals and Wales , competing for the first time , could join them . |
| 3 | I have no doubt that there will be special preparations and allowances made by police and spectators for the Marathon , in which I will be competing for the first time tomorrow . |
| 4 | SOUTH AFRICA , who will be competing for the first time , are to stage the 1995 Rugby World Cup . |
| 5 | This time an overseas crew from South Africa is competing for the first time . |
| 6 | London will again fill one of the places with Glasgow , Manchester and Birmingham competing for the other spot . |
| 7 | Sheffield Steelers are sweeping the opposition aside in their bid to gain league entry , while Trafford Metros , Medway Bears and Streatham Redskins are competing for the other vacancy . |
| 8 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 9 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 10 | Harry Holmes senior was competing for the last time , having raced thirty-seven times between 1933 and 1969 . |
| 11 | But what , I think we do need to have is quite a a a a a we 've not a no solution body who would agree with me , er you know , some of the things that have gone on within the er er agricultural industry in terms of gang masters , which is if if surely if if if we had been more clearly defined if would enforce probably the whole industry into disrepute , and I feel that we do need a a a a a a a framework , with a with a supply into Europe , because in the end we will not just be competing against other European countries we will be competing against the third world and some producers that are producing very different situations , so , I I think er , and and I 'm concerned that it is the , it is that delegation , and it is the interpretation that our own government will put on it , because there 's been so much mythology surrounding Europe . |
| 12 | The governing body was concerned that setting up its own separate committee structure would not only be perceived as competing with the existing structure ( with all the attendant risks of a developing ‘ us and them ’ mentality where one rarely existed before ) , but would also be repetitive . |
| 13 | Without Nashwan , the chief British-trained challenger in the Arc will be Aliysa , who is competing with the recent winner of the Prix Vermeille , Young Mother , for favouritism . |
| 14 | In practice , this does not happen but the rationale for this policy in the context of trading funds is that , in competing with the private sector , the Treasury argues that the fund should be required to make charges that at least cover a normal commercial return on capital . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , two categories of influence role can be identified : * External influences , which can include : your company 's salespeople ; salespeople from competing suppliers ; journalists and professionals writing in trade and specialist journals ; individual representatives at trade shows and exhibitions ; influential individuals in companies competing with the potential purchaser 's company ; influential associates and people with significant reputations whose Opinions are listened to and adopted , perhaps in professional bodies such as engineering , Computing , marketing , ACCOUNTANCY , etc. * internal influences , which may of course include gatekeepers and users , described above . |
| 16 | Locate in Scotland , the agency charged with luring foreign multinationals to set up in Scotland , is generally seen as competing with the Welsh Development Agency and the Irish Development Authority to secure these coveted new tenants . |
| 17 | It should be suppressed in spoken language interpreting , but in sign language interpreting it may not be , since speech and sign , at least on the surface , will not compete for the same articulator . |
| 18 | It is not only the very large hotels which enter into this market : smaller hotels with twenty bedrooms upwards , a quiet fair-sized conference room , good bedrooms and adequate facilities can compete for the smaller trade exhibitions , training courses , seminars and conferences . |
| 19 | But the figures are quite clear that there are benefits of having in-house erm erm , fields that can compete against the private sector for county council work , and the fear , and the reason why they were set up in the first place , to make sure that you could n't have outside erm , er or private organisations setting up cartels to basically screw the local government down , and charge whatever price they want and con us through and through . |
| 20 | The EC and the USA both dump their subsidised food on world markets at artificially low prices which robs developing countries of any outlet for their own surplus foodstuffs , as they can not compete against the industrial world 's $126 billion of annual subsidies . |
| 21 | Individual members can be strengthened by the acquisition of personal and committee staff , whereas the legislature as a whole can , by employing its own bureaucracy , better compete with the vast bureaucracy of the executive branch . |
| 22 | Levins died because Europe could n't compete with the Far East . |
| 23 | ‘ Books ca n't compete with the real thing , though , can they ? ’ |
| 24 | A similar effect of Oct-1 on the HPV 16 motif was also observed in HeLa cell transfections although to a lesser extent indicating that at higher levels Oct-1 can compete with the cervical protein for binding to the octamer motif ( Figure 6 ) . |
| 25 | Many restraints , as in Commercial Plastics , refer to the fact that a party may not solicit or compete with the other party in relation to those who were customers at the date of the determination of the contract . |
| 26 | By the early years of the twentieth century , however , stations could not compete with the upward thrust of American urban architecture . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Can the large firm in agriculture compete with the proverbial flexibility , in work and income , of the family farmer ? |
| 29 | These orders do not contain a blanket exemption for agreements that come within their terms but provide that in deciding whether or not an agreement is registrable no account shall be taken of any restriction : which limits the extent to which the person accepting the restriction may compete with the acquired enterprise , or may be engaged or interested in , disclose information to , or otherwise assist any business which so competes , provided that the restriction subsists for no longer than the permitted period . |
| 30 | 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 . |