Example sentences of "competition [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hand-made lace industry was destroyed by machine competition during the second half of the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | The inter-urban trams suffered badly from unlicensed competition during the First World War . |
| 3 | They also both attempted to obtain Tour Cards last year and failed , but neither have relaxed despite being prevented from returning to amateur competition during the past year . |
| 4 | Not , in truth , the very best of the artist 's work , they performed unpredictably , with only ‘ L'Homme a la Pipe ’ ( lot 16 , est. £1.6–2.4 million ) , an enchanting study for the spectator in the Metropolitan Museum 's ‘ Cardplayers ’ , arousing proper competition between a successful telephone bidder , who acquired the lot for £3.2 million ( $4.8 million ) , and underbidder Desmond Corcoran of Lefevre . |
| 5 | Competition between a large mass of parasites and the host for nutrients may be the underlying cause of this weight loss . |
| 6 | An alternative explanation though , would say that the US model is not appropriate for Japan because it is based on the ideal of atomistic competition between a large number of small firms . |
| 7 | But some advocates of public service broadcasting — citing the BBC as an example opposed the ‘ commercial logic ’ advertising would entail : competition between the two state channels might be healthy professionally , it would be pernicious otherwise — ratings wars , lowering of standards , especially during prime time . |
| 8 | He put forward the idea as a means of ending the fierce competition between the two airport companies , which are both putting forward major expansion proposals . |
| 9 | Fierce competition between the major tour operators in Britain , Germany and Scandinavia produced advantageous deals with airlines and hotels ; there were better and more economical aircraft , and less financial restrictions , all of which produced cheaper holidays . |
| 10 | What is ‘ against the public interest ’ has , however , never been fully defined , although the emphasis placed on competition as a major theme of economic policy by the Conservative government means that only mergers which reduce competition per se are likely to be investigated . |
| 11 | There will be a hurried return to Dublin two days later for the NatWest match against Durham , the latter 's first in this competition as a first-class county . |
| 12 | Tutors regard entry into the competition as a serious part of the students ' general training and there is a growing trend to make it a set part of the final year 's curriculum . |
| 13 | It is hoped that cricket clubs will use the competition as a social evening to raise funds , to be shared between themselves and the charity . |
| 14 | Alternatively there may be a commitment to competition as the appropriate form of economic organization , either because competition is a good in itself , or because it delivers the goods . |
| 15 | The competition for a healthy pot plant was won by A McClelland while S Coll was runner-up . |
| 16 | Christopher Grasby , Brendon O'Neill and Tom Zetek , all architects working at Rock Townsend , have won the competition for a new pavilion at Soane 's Dulwich Picture Gallery . |
| 17 | Further to my note of 11th December , Susannah Wainman of SAWD Books writes to me with more details of the competition for a new logo for the Independent Publishers Guild . |
| 18 | Oxford Medical has fought off worldwide competition for a major slice of the lucrative American market where health is big business . |
| 19 | That at the age of 60 he still commanded support from the government and public is shown by various events in 1800 , linked with a competition for a second chef : ( The finalists were required to rehearse a new work and direct a public performance : sufficient evidence , if needed , of the central responsibility of the post . ) |
| 20 | Included in the fair is a ‘ video box ’ with twelve monitors and a competition for a large-scale sculpture or installation . |
| 21 | Competition for a charming winter scene with a vague attribution ‘ entourage de Lucas van Uden ’ pushed bidding to FFr 55,000 ( £5,600 ; $9,800 ) , far above the top estimate of FFr 15,000 . |
| 22 | In 1785 he won the competition for a public building in his native county of Angus , the town and county hall in Forfar ; at about the same time he secured the patronage of Henry Dundas , first Viscount Melville [ q.v. ] , the most powerful man in Scotland , for whom he designed Melville Castle , Midlothian ( 1786–91 ) ; while his small number of English patrons included the collector Sir George Beaumont [ q.v. ] , to whose London residence he added a picture gallery ( 1790–2 ) . |
| 23 | The competition for a knitted Easter bunny was won by Mrs. Coyte , second was Mrs. E. Budd , and third Mrs. Jackson . |
| 24 | Competition , feared at first for its degenerative effects on programme quality , was rationalized as consistent with public service principles , because it was not driven by competition for a single source of revenue , as in the USA , but ensured a proper sensitivity to audience needs . |
| 25 | ‘ I suppose there 's a lot of competition for a pretty woman ? ’ |
| 26 | However , she found that there was too much competition for the small number of places available on training courses . |
| 27 | Although this balance is not entirely based on direct measurements , it shows how the observed interactions between sulphate reducing bacteria and methanogenic bacteria in vivo can be understood as competition for the mutual substrate hydrogen . |
| 28 | This will inject fresh blood and competition for the established ELT publishers , who might just have grown a little too complacent . |
| 29 | Critics complained that instead of just handing him the challenge , Spain 's arts ministry ought to have held an international competition for the best scheme . |
| 30 | These people came in yesterday , he told me , who were judging a competition for the best window displays in the Kings Road . |