Sentence examples for competing mode from inspiring English sources

Air transport is used as a competing mode to maritime transport but the products are voluminous, making them expensive to send by air.

This paper proposes a game theoretic framework for the problem of designing an uncapacitated railway transit network in the presence of link failures and a competing mode.

You may be overusing the competing mode of conflict-handling if you find yourself surrounded by "yes people," or if others are afraid to admit mistakes or ask you questions.

In the United States the approach has been to allow the free market, for both travel and land development, to determine the role of competing modes.

The Lackawanna prospered in the early 20th century, but with the decline of coal heating and the rise of competing modes of transportation, its revenues fell.

Pipelines have been the preferred mode of transportation for liquid and gas over competing modes such as truck and rail for several reasons: they are less damaging to the environment, less susceptible to theft, and more economical, safe, convenient, and reliable than other modes.

(It is worth mentioning at the outset that Travelocity and Expedia -- and their new rival, Orbitz -- simply ignore those who wish to travel by bus or train. Since Orbitz is owned by the major airlines, it is perhaps not surprising it wouldn't encourage competing modes of travel).

I also want to add that when I was growing up in Haiti my uncle ran a Baptist church, in a popular neighborhood named Bel Air, which was next to a peristil — a Vodou temple — and we, the children, often found ourselves between competing modes of music.

Emphasis is placed on rationalizing the experimentally discovered competing modes of plasticity from an atomistic perspective.

Twinning and dislocation slip are two major and competing modes of plastic deformation in metals and alloys.

Rail freight transport plays an important role in creating a sustainable and competitive transport market, but has lost ground to other competing modes of transport, particularly road.