Sentence examples for possibility of rivalry from inspiring English sources

As there were limited numbers of Central Committee seats from each oblast, the division set up the possibility of rivalry for office between factions, and, according to Medvedev, had the potential for beginning a two-party system.

As for the possibility of lost rivalries, Mr. Kurowski is dismissive.

China and Japan, which have warred as viciously as France and Germany, could obliterate the possibility of future military rivalry and assure stability in what is, potentially, the world's most volatile area.

Now, there's a possibility of intra-city rivalry games that really count for something.

Anthony may have shunned them as an employer, but his eyes brighten at the possibility of a Knicks-Nets rivalry.

Lest you get too excited about the possibility of a bit of brotherly rivalry: Sam and Jon aren't setting out to build a search engine.

Next year the possibility of peace with Spain sharpened his rivalry with the Cecils, while the growing seriousness of a major rebellion in Ireland led to bitter differences between Essex and Elizabeth over appointments and strategy.

Therefore, one cannot completely rule out the possibility of another round of major-power rivalry and bloc politics.

It raises, however, the spectre of both an escalation in the Saudi-Iranian rivalry and the possibility of it expanding beyond the Middle East itself.

Mr. MacIntyre's study of genealogy ought surely to have made him more open to the possibility that rivalry between purportedly incommensurable theories is often only an illusion caused by the rooster factor, that is, by rivalry between men.

Describes picnic paraphernalia and atmosphere of rivalry.