Sentence examples for once competitive from inspiring English sources
It is the interaction between cities, at once competitive and sympathetic, that is driving urban culture in new directions.
There appears to be a real determination about the Italian to expand his vocabulary and first impressions suggest he will not fall into the same trap as Scolari, whose English rather stagnated once competitive games came thick and fast.
But some critics speculate that the two airlines could collude in cutting down on flights on their competing routes so that one carrier would be able to raise prices on a route that was once competitive.
Patrick Bunton, of mortgage brokers London & Country, says: "The bottom line is that this customer has been left high and dry in a fixed rate that was once competitive, but that is now looking expensive against the rates available today.
What it does indicate is that with a good candidate and a sophisticated get-out-the-vote operation, Democrats are becoming more viable in places where they previously didn't have a prayer, while Republicans are becoming less viable in places where they were once competitive or even dominant.
Comparing the situation in 2010 with the currency war of the 1930s, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of the Daily Telegraph suggested a new currency war may be beneficial for countries suffering from trade deficits, noting that in the 1930s it was the big surplus countries that were severely impacted once competitive devaluation began.
And with a once-competitive Senate race in Ohio turning into a rout for Rob Portman, the Republican incumbent, Democrats can quietly pull back from the state with little fear of down-ballot consequences.
The policies resulting from this largesse have destroyed a once-competitive marketplace.
President Jacques Chirac has called for "a Europe at once more competitive and more social".
She has short black hair and a muscular physique; she was once a competitive bodybuilder.
He was once a competitive chess player and ranked in the top 25 in the world.
