verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
compete in a contest
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The band has competed in many contests over the years.
compete in a race ( also take part in a race )
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He is competing in his first race this year.
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Runners from all over the world will take part in the race.
compete in a sport (= do that sport in competitions )
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She competed in various sports when she was young.
competing claims
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the competing claims of the political parties
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
directly
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These are good tactics: she is reinforcing actions that compete directly with unacceptable behaviours.
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There never has been room in the consumer electronic marketplace for two directly competing , but incompatible, systems.
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Gas is also competing directly with coal for the heavy fuel oil market.
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The official unions will have to compete directly with Solidarity for members, so they want to land the first blows.
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The A380 will compete directly with a stretched version of Boeing's 747.
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The aim is also to carve out new market areas - like denim - which do not compete directly with rayon.
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The trick is to ensure that there are no magazines represented which compete directly with each other.
effectively
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This effectively means that only the largest building societies, those with assets of 100m or more, can effectively compete .
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The research therefore aims to investigate alternative strategies which are being adopted in order to compete effectively .
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There is no market system that allows the teaching profession to compete effectively in the labor market for the best college graduates.
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Certificates are one outcome of schooling and will enable the pupil to compete effectively in the labour market.
in
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The professional is for car hi-fi dealers to compete in and is a competition in its own right.
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A number of Ulster riders will be competing in today's opening round of the Supercup series at Oulton Park.
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Jessica and James Kernan are hoping to keep up with international successes and will be competing in tomorrow's Grand Prix.
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Another is fast, world-wide commerce, giving the individual company a more flexible and uncertain market to compete in .
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This year he has endeavoured to compete in as many Challenge Tour events as he can.
successfully
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Below mezzo-forte, 1 horn is sufficient to compete successfully with 1 trumpet or 1 trombone.
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It also limits the ability of agency heads to compete successfully for high-skilled senior talent.
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The ability to compete successfully at home and abroad is crucial to the economic well-being of all of us.
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The big investors are taking huge risks in assessing what it will cost to compete successfully .
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They can successfully compete with cinemas by charging one fifth of the admission price.
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They really are extinct, but managed to compete successfully with the bivalves for a considerable time.
■ NOUN
ability
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The Yorkshire-born jockey broke his duck at Yarmouth in 1967 and has never once doubted his ability to compete with the best.
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Such a mechanism could enhance our national ability to compete with other world class research communities.
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Similarly, the ability to compete may arise from the use and disclosure of business secrets.
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The ability to compete successfully at home and abroad is crucial to the economic well-being of all of us.
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Only so, furthermore, will he have the ability to compete with his contemporaries in what is a world-wide competition.
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Improved ability to compete with overseas competitors was also claimed.
athlete
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An estimated 200 million people will watch on television as more than 10, 000 athletes compete in 271 events.
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But whereas amateur athletes often compete just for the privilege of winning, retailers compete for customers and profit.
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The findings are strictly confidential and we do not know if these athletes were allowed to compete .
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Every year races, such as the London, demonstrate how disabled and able-bodied athletes can compete side-by-side in the same competition.
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Kenneth is a field athlete and competes nationally and internationally in javelin, shot and discus.
attention
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Only she, of all the women, seemed not to be competing for his attention .
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Very soon Margarett had young men in uniform sitting for portraits and amorous officers competing for her attention .
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With so many companies competing for your attention it can be difficult deciding which is the one for you.
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The painting competes for attention with the elaborate 6-ton chandelier.
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Part of that has to do with the wider spectrum of entertainment competing for our attention .
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Each one is a potential hypnotic and competes for the attention .
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He no longer has to compete for my attention and he enjoys the mental release this has brought him.
business
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To enable small businesses to compete on equal terms with large organisations.
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Most businesses will compete globally iD. a rapidly changing world.
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Schools are businesses , competing for pupils and cash.
chance
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The private sector must be given a fair chance to compete for local authority contracts.
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The result: Less-connected candidates have a real chance of competing with their well-funded opponents.
company
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Saddled with debt, the company can not compete .
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The company can not compete on price in the volume markets because of outdated equipment and small purchasing power.
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During 1995, the Amex lost 28 companies to competing exchanges and delisted another 38 companies for financial and other problems.
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Employing organisations within this sector are a mixture of local and international companies competing within a relatively static market.
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Docherty said the companies will continue to compete with each other on telecommunications services they run over the joint network.
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For those smaller plant bakery companies who can not compete in these volume stakes the choice is quite clear.
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Wallace has argued that spam-mail ads makes it possible for small companies to compete with bigger ones.
country
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This was a team event, with 7 countries competing for a trophy named after Joan Scruton.
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Only recently have workers in the formerly Communist countries started to compete with workers in the first world for jobs and wages.
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This year, there are 14 countries competing .
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Now Ernie's got a team of 6 and travels the country to compete on the national circuit.
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Some 2,500 athletes from 72 Commonwealth countries will compete for medals in 17 different sports.
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If poor countries want to compete , they must practically give their goods away.
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More and more countries compete , as nations fragment: the bands at Atlanta need the music for 197 national anthems.
event
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Horses competing in long distance events should not use a brand which contains bicarbonate.
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Many are older persons and have competed in numerous events .
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NORTH-EAST swimmers are competing in three important events this weekend.
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This is the last year Hulka will be eligible to compete in the event .
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Their cars still compete in historic events .
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An estimated 200 million people will watch on television as more than 10, 000 athletes compete in 271 events .
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Over 850 people throughout Northern Ireland hold sports licences for the vehicles which allow them to compete in events .
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The championships are being held through next Sunday at the San Jose Arena with more than 300 skaters competing in 19 events .
firm
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Can the large firm in agriculture compete with the proverbial flexibility, in work and income, of the family farmer?
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Suppose that the number of firms competing to produce a good in one country is smaller than the number in another.
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There is a high cost in time and money for audit firms in competing in a change in auditors.
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Numerous firms competed to supply markets at prices which none controlled.
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The big firms are competing fiercely for mandates.
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Banks pay the Fed for the service; a few private firms also compete for the business.
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At that cost, even mid-sized firms can compete .
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The two firms then competed to make it, year after year.
job
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It's vital that as the economy improves we find ways to enable long term unemployed people to compete positively for jobs .
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In short, the baddest of the bad were competing for jobs .
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The freeing of women from the imperatives of the reproductive cycle allows them also to compete for these top jobs .
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But too many are from unqualified applicants competing for fewer job openings.
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Outside California, no big city must compete for new jobs and businesses while hampered by such restrictions, McGrory said.
level
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All novices must compete at the amateur level for three races before qualifying for the professional category.
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Newsome is just the sort of defender we need if we are to compete at the highest level .
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The researchers found that when male monkeys compete , their testosterone levels rise.
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I could have competed on an international level but I didn't have the patience coping with injuries and stuff.
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I love when we compete at a high level .
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The use of different divisions gave many more climbers the chance to experience the thrill of competing at their own level .
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This win over Santa Clara has given her some hope that the team can actually compete at the level it needs to.
male
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Fighting occurs during the rut as males compete for dominance.
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For example, males usually compete for access to females, rather than vice versa.
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In general, then, males tend to compete with one another for females.
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However, physical fighting is not the only means by which males compete with each other.
market
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Even the payment of players was regulated in such a way as to prevent clubs competing in a free market for talent.
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Numerous firms competed to supply markets at prices which none controlled.
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Unable to compete in the market , some of Microsoft's rivals have already sought refuge in antitrust law.
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The second is the feeling of insecurity in the workplace as companies try to compete in the global market .
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Apart from intense competition in the retail savings market , banks and building societies also compete strongly in the market for house finance.
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To be sure, lots of histories compete for market share.
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Businesses have to be very lean to compete in the international market .
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The explosive growth of the online economy is forcing businesses of all sizes to compete in a global market .
other
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Relations between employees are even worse in companies where different teams are set to compete against each other in an internal market.
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Docherty said the companies will continue to compete with each other on telecommunications services they run over the joint network.
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Evolving software mimics biological evolution with collections of programs competing with each other to see which performs the task best.
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Some associates of both men think it unlikely that Forbes and Kemp would compete against each other .
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Different standards and approaches compete against each other .
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Students compete not against each other , but against performance standards.
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The pro championship will be replaced by an amateur event in which stunt novices compete against each other on their own bikes.
player
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An educational game in which up to four players compete with animals for a set amount of food.
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Craig MacTavish retired last season as the last player to compete without a helmet-17 years all told.
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Some 80 local table tennis players will be competing for 13 main titles.
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Besides - he is one of several players i have to compete with and i take that as a challenge.
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The biggest entry is for the handicap singles with 74 players competing .
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So the main players compete by adding on other services.
price
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Gregory Ivanov, developer with Sapsan dealer Irbus, says no foreign company yet competes with Sapsan on price or customer support.
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For a while, competing on price was doing very well.
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The company can not compete on price in the volume markets because of outdated equipment and small purchasing power.
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Even tiny firms of six men in dingy offices with low overheads were able to compete by slashing prices to the bone.
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And that's what will be needed in order to compete with world sugar prices .
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This means that, to compete , rail prices have to be pitched at these marginal costs.
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Bidders would be guaranteed a public subsidy, but would have to compete on price and quality.
product
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For instance, what about all the companies that use Unix to build products that compete against Novell?
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Computing is still a world made up of many technical directions, product implementations, and competing vendors.
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Wars, hot and cold, were not the product of competing alliances but of conflicting ideologies.
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A US$5,900 million development fund would be set up to help domestic industry modernize so that its products could compete with new imports.
team
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I am sure you will recall making the draw to decide which teams would compete in each semi-finals.
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Relations between employees are even worse in companies where different teams are set to compete against each other in an internal market.
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This win over Santa Clara has given her some hope that the team can actually compete at the level it needs to.
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Local teams compete to raise money for a notable charity.
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The charities to benefit have been nominated by the first three teams competing for the Clayton Trophy.
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Why Oxford's speedway team won't be competing next year.
world
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It's the combination of academic and social learning that will help the pupils survive and compete in the seeing world .
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She competed on five consecutive world championship teams, a previously unheard-of feat.
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Such a mechanism could enhance our national ability to compete with other world class research communities.
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So Ford must come out from under the fleet umbrella and make cars good enough to compete in the real world .
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This summer he's off to compete in the world cup.
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And that's what will be needed in order to compete with world sugar prices.
■ VERB
allow
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Only the firsts are allowed to return to compete for class placements.
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Yet they fought allowing women to compete for opportunity in the select academies from which the leadership is so heavily drawn.
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For these boats a sail which allows them to compete more evenly under handicap rules has obvious advantages.
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Multiplayer games are also available, allowing viewers to compete against distant friends or relatives on the network.
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In psychology, it allows it to compete on near-equal terms with a crowd of other sub-disciplines.
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Consider what happened when New Zealand simply allowed one airline to compete with its state-owned line.
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The findings are strictly confidential and we do not know if these athletes were allowed to compete .
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It will allow foreign companies to compete in providing international telephone services, cellular phone service and access to satellites.
enable
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Children themselves needed more visual encouragement to react to enable the book to compete with the attractions of video and television.
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Within a few years the improved navigability of the river Don enabled them to compete even more successfully in distant markets.
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To enable small businesses to compete on equal terms with large organisations.
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This has enabled domestic markets to compete on a much more equal footing.
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This enabled me still to compete in the Hammersmith and London Schools.
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Certificates are one outcome of schooling and will enable the pupil to compete effectively in the labour market.
force
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The slump leaves the Government strapped for cash forcing National Savings to compete aggressively for money.
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That would force system owners to compete head-to-head with other operators for half the business.
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As National Health Service hospitals are forced to compete with each other for business they may begin to see other hospitals as competitors.
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Now he saw the man of wealth forced to compete for his honors.
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The aim has been to make purchasers much more prudent and to force providers to compete for business.
help
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It is a recognised indication of excellence which helps them compete with men in the early stages of their careers.
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A recent investment boom should help firms to compete internationally, though in the short term it has worsened the trade deficit.
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That should help it compete with rival sports tourers such as Aprilia's forthcoming ST1000.
need
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We don't need to compete like that.
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And that's what will be needed in order to compete with world sugar prices.
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Lawrie Smith won the Soling position without needing to compete in a match-race play-off.
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Employers also need them in order to compete internationally.
try
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Mr Babangida and his predecessors have tried to meet competing ethnic demands by spreading power around regional governments in a federal system.
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His main challenge now is to try to compete with a juggernaut.
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The Romans did not try to compete in the sculptural and decorative field.
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Whenever I tried to balance these competing goods in my mind, I thought of students like Tammy and Sabour.
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And we've tried to compete , in the audience-grabbing sense, after 10 o'clock.
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The second is the feeling of insecurity in the workplace as companies try to compete in the global market.
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There are only a very few cars which try to compete with the Subaru and none quite makes the grade.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
competing products/brands/companies etc
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A simple comparison of total estimated income from the competing products may provide as good a guide to decision making.
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Being a suspicious soul I also ran a competing companies test disk on the system.
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Invariably, the own-brand range is offered at lower prices than the competing brands.
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Price is now the main factor differentiating competing brands.
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They do not adjust their shopping list to take advantage of price fluctuations among competing products.
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This analysis will use recently developed techniques for measuring the competitiveness of a product amongst a group of similar competing products.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Any child between the ages of 8 and 12 is allowed to compete .
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Athletes from 197 counties competed in the Olympic Games in Atlanta.
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Bailey has competed against athletes half his age and won.
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Children will always compete for their parents' attention.
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Fujitsu, Hitachi, and NEC are competing with US firms to build the world's fastest supercomputer.
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Nowadays we have to compete more and more with foreign companies.
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Small independent bookstores just can't compete with national chains and online retailers.
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The cities are competing against each other to attract and retain business.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An educational game in which up to four players compete with animals for a set amount of food.
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But she hated having to compete when it was cold.
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But they do compete in advanced services like electronic mail and computer-data networks.
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But you've got to compete .
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Flocks of executives entered the company from competing firms, bringing different styles, values, and corporate cultures with them.