Example sentences of "compete for 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 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Probably Ireland 's best known festive event by far — and Guinness has been its longest and strongest ally — is the Rose of Tralee Festival where every year contestants from throughout the world come to Kerry to compete for the coveted Rose of Tralee title . |
| 14 | I suspect that they also had scholarly and dedicated teachers and well read ministers and the encouragement of parents who realised that the only chance their children had of improving their way of life was by having the best education possible which would enable them to compete for the limited number of places which were available in the colleges and universities . |
| 15 | I would n't expect it to compete for the funnel-web spider ‘ small but deadly ’ award in the same way that a Mesa Boogie .22 could , but look at the price difference and you 'll appreciate why . |
| 16 | The extension of the franchise to all adults created a situation in which political parties had to compete for the mass vote and so had to organise the electorate to support their candidates at the polls . |
| 17 | They would have to compete for the reduced number of jobs . |
| 18 | Instead , several different groups of biologists tried , each in their own way , to modernize field studies in a manner that would allow them to compete for the ever-increasing supply of research funding being made available by governments and private institutions . |
| 19 | Clubs of all sizes — whether they have 20 or 200 members — will be eligible to compete for the RUNNING Magazine team trophy . |
| 20 | Parties compete for the greenest mantle . |
| 21 | reckons that the ovaries compete for the monthly honour . |
| 22 | Businesses , house buyers and so forth also compete for the same space , the strongest ( i.e. those who can offer the highest price ) eventually gaining the most favourable positions . |
| 23 | Because each species has a tendency to stay in a particular strata in the tall forest , they seldom compete for the same food . |
| 24 | He competed for the Swiss cross-country and ski-jumping team at the Student Winter Games and later concentrated on single sculls . |
| 25 | and I competed for the Quain Essay prize — a sum of 50 — to be written on the survival of the medieval conception of tragedy in post-medieval literature . |
| 26 | Milton Keynes made two more champions this week , as Britain 's top ice skaters competed for the National Title at the Bladerunner club . |