Sentence examples for direct contest with from inspiring English sources

Indeed, the lines of fragmentation only begin here: beyond the increasing internal debate, al-Qaida and its local affiliates find themselves in direct contest with other, often more established Islamist groups with radically different worldviews and agendas, many of which now enjoy greater popularity because they are not so ready to spill the blood of their fellow Muslims.

By May 2008 Tymoshenko was engaged in a direct contest for power with President Yushchenko.

Others wanted a direct contest.

The runoff round saw Yanukovich and Yushchenko in a direct contest.

Direct contest for food is reflected by a high rate of agonistic inter-sexual interactions.

Therefore, in direct competition with the contest strategy the turn-taking strategy had a disadvantage.

With increasing benefit values, the contest strategy becomes more successful because individuals with this strategy achieve increasing fitness advantages in direct competition with turn-taking individuals (compare figure 3 a, b).

Competition for mates can occur through a variety of direct contests, or indirectly through passively or actively attracting members of the opposite sex.

"It was a directing contest".

Dyer does not anticipate direct confrontation, but he thinks that the contest with China will come to define U.S. foreign policy, and that America's interests are best served by fiscal and military restraint.

Now "Avatar" is in a hot contest with "The Hurt Locker," a much smaller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who is Mr. Cameron's ex-wife.