There's the beginning of a transparency competition.
The period also marked the beginning of an intense competition between the two major luxury conglomerates, LVMH and Kering (formerly known as PPR, and before that Gucci Group), as they acquired virtually every historic fashion brand in Europe, as well as some in the United States.
An overgenerous gift can indicate too much of a need for approval or control, it can embarrass the receiver, or it can signal the beginning of an unhealthy materialistic competition.
The beginning of competition for a class of lifesaving medicines, called biologics, is becoming a reality.
The introduction of the first biosimilar marks the beginning of a new wave of competition, innovation and investment.
After Gloucester's visit to the south of France at the beginning of the competition it was a surprisingly bloodless encounter.
At the very beginning The moment you hear of a competition you may wish to enter, this is when your training should begin.
We became competitors instead of becoming teammates and began a competition of who could make the other feel smaller.
"Wal-Mart is not the beginning of competition, but the end of competition".
"At the beginning of the competition, I don't think a lot of people would've matched Hearts and St Mirren for the final," Lennon added.
The fitness of each animal was evaluated using a SET at the beginning of the competition season (March, 2010 and March, 2011 for ponies and horses, respectively; SET-I) and six weeks before the European Championships (SET-II; eleven weeks after SET-I).
