Sentence examples for a powerful rival in from inspiring English sources

But both men face a powerful rival in Paul Martin, the finance minister, whose supporters control many, perhaps most, of the 301 constituency Liberal associations.

Maldonado acknowledged he was facing a powerful rival in double world champion Fernando Alonso, who starts second in his Ferrari.

They faced a powerful rival in the Dukes of Normandy, who in 1066 under William the Conqueror (duke 1035 1087), conquered England (r. 1066 87) and created a cross-channel empire that lasted, in various forms, throughout the rest of the Middle Ages.

Emerging as a powerful rival to the Wayfarer in recent years is the Center of New Hampshire Holiday Inn in downtown Manchester, about three miles away.

Russia, China and Japan -- which for centuries jockeyed for supremacy on the peninsula -- are hardly enthusiastic today about the possibility of a newly powerful rival in the neighborhood.

He has built Rede Record, bought for $45m in 1990, into a powerful rival to Globo, the country's leading broadcaster.

He will be a powerful rival.

A cutlery industry thus grew, and Sheffield emerged in the 17th century as the main provincial cutlery town and a powerful rival to London.

While Apple is at the top of its game, it faces a new and powerful rival in Google, which is battling Apple in mobile devices with its Android operating system, and mobile advertising.

So now, rather than having a partner, StarMedia must contemplate an even bigger, more powerful rival in the Latin American Internet market.

The truth is that Google's manipulation of its secretive artificial algorithm isn't just a reflection of the paranoia of its less powerful rivals in the search business or my own admittedly highly anecdotal adventures in self-googling.