Sentence examples for a competitive stand from inspiring English sources

Burger King's reasoning for the changes were necessary to maintain a competitive stand against McDonald's and Wendy's.

"You're battling the tides, currents, wind, ships, ferries, kayaks, sailboats — you name it," said Darian Boyle, a competitive stand-up paddleboarder who helped organize a 25-mile event on Friday that will circle almost the entire island of Manhattan.

The current record attendance for a competitive fixture stands at 8,144, set on 4 May 2014 when Gateshead played host to Grimsby Town in the second leg of the Conference Premier play-off semi-final.

Sabhlok says this shared code base is a competitive advantage over stand-alone cloud services which may integrate with other cloud services via open APIs, but don't have the built-in integration.

If you publish with verve and conviction, the lack of overt commerciality in a book isn't so much of a problem – in fact, it's this that gives such books a competitive advantage: they stand out from the crowd.

You want to pick a competitive price to stand a good chance of selling your jeans.

Though the Beach Boys, the Who, and Bob Marley have never won a competitive Grammy, Mikhail Gorbachev stands to receive one.

Ryan must know that any Republican in a competitive district who stands with Trump has given the Democrats an easy attack ad for years to come.

In a competitive field, Ukip stands out for its toughness: a points-based system, a five-year freeze on all unskilled immigration, a cap of 50,000 skilled workers a year, and a five-year wait before any migrant can claim benefits.

Yorkshire were unable to mount a competitive chase, despite a stand of 65 in 6.2 overs between Adil Rashid (34) and Anthony McGrath (39), as Smith and Gareth Andrew took two wickets apiece.

Ian Bell's dismissal when bowled by Xavier Doherty saw England reduced to 62-3, but Morgan and Ballance gave hope of a competitive total with a stand of 83.