Sentence examples for first rival from inspiring English sources

He met another boy who became his first rival.

First, rival studios staged a brutal whisper campaign questioning the authenticity of "The Hurt Locker".

On Monday night, the chairman of Univision, Haim Saban, became the first rival to back Mr. Carey publicly, saying that his network, the largest Spanish-language broadcaster in the country, would also consider converting to a cable channel.

Its first rival, faience ware, was initially no more than an inferior substitute for porcelain; but because the factories that were soon springing up everywhere were able to produce very large quantities of faience, they inflicted heavy damage on the pewter trade.

What happened to Coronation Street happened like this: in 2010, Nick Tilsley sold his stake in the Weatherfield knicker factory Underworld for £100,000, and invested it in a trendy wine bar – the very first rival to the unreconstructedly proletarian Rovers Return, which, since Coronation Street's inception in 1960, had rather incredibly been the only drinkery in the street.

The first rival mayoral candidate to jump on the new report was Kevin James, who called for a review of Greuel's office conduct.

All too fittingly, one of the first rivals to inflict ratings damage in his time slot was Bishop Fulton Sheen, sermonizing on the DuMont network.

Barney Barnato, original name Barnett Isaacs (born 1852, London, Eng. died June 14 , 1897 at sea) financier, diamond magnate, and gold baron who first rivaled and then later allied with Cecil Rhodes in struggling for control in the development of the Southern African mining industry.

Access and its partners were first rivals to BP and then collaborated in a wary alliance, the joint venture TNK-BP, which has turned into one of the longest-running soap operas in the oil industry.

Competition among other generics will drive down consumer prices, creating a 30% drop when the first rivals step in and an 80% discount once 20 or more competitors pile on, according to researchers at Duke University.

Perhaps a third, rival unionist party could emerge, one with more legitimacy among voters.