Sentence examples for a formal competition from inspiring English sources

The Florentine government set up a formal competition between the creators of these startling works.

While not a formal competition in any sense, the night seemed to be a clear victory for algorithms over instincts.

"Windrose was interested in having more of a formal competition, which is good for both of us," Goss said.

The ABA and NBA never had a formal competition for league supremacy, but much of its popularity came from the talent and flash of its players.

You wait half a decade for the European Union to lay a formal competition charge against Google, then it comes served with a side dish.

The agreement moves Italy lower down Google's list of potential European antitrust headaches after officials at the European Commission in Brussels recently stepped up their scrutiny of the company, opening a formal competition investigation.

Maximus officials said they gave Mr. Kearney explicit instructions to avoid matters related to the larger welfare-to-work contracts, a company spokeswoman said, because the formal competition for the nearly $500 million in contracts was getting under way just about the time he arrived.

The winner will face an N.H.L. team in September in the Victoria Cup, the first formal competition involving the N.H.L. and a European champion.

Though motorists have been showing off their stereo systems' power at stoplights for generations, formal competition is only about a decade old.

Mr. Vergne said Dia had no plans to hire a star architect or hold a formal design competition.

The document, released by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, the joint city-state agency overseeing the planning for the rebuilding at ground zero, will serve as the basis for a formal design competition, which is scheduled to begin this spring.