Sentence examples for countries competition from inspiring English sources

With two or three times as many brands on shelves as found in other countries, competition is ferocious.

Most telling in Russian eyes has been EU countries' competition for oil and gas contracts, which has done much to convince the Kremlin that Europe is not a political force to be reckoned with.

Or perhaps he was struck by the analogy to the present-day tussle for dominance in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific, and in particular, India's emerging naval rivalry with China.As it happens, "Samudra Manthan" is the title of a new book on this topic by C. Raja Mohan, an Indian writer on strategic affairs, for whom the myth is a metaphor for the two countries' competition at sea.

In Latin America countries, competition for access to natural resources among different groups has been a major reason for the outburst of violence over the last decades.

And there is evidence of between-country competition.

But the biggest news might be in the country-to-country competition.

Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/GettyImages 1.17pm BST There are some great quirky fences in the equestrian cross country competition.

Armenia's Sergey Mikayelyan gets the men's 15km classic cross-country competition under way.

Monday's cross-country competition, the second portion of eventing, would last hours but not result in any medals.

Certainly, as the only instant photography company in the country, competition is not something Polaroid is used to.

At each of the past two Olympics, a horse was injured during the cross-country competition and had to be destroyed.