Sentence examples for prior competitive from inspiring English sources

It is doubtful Woods would play in the United States Open in Pebble Beach, Calif., without a prior competitive start.

This argues against the concept of Noakes et al. [26] and St Clair Gibson and Noakes [24] who have hypothesized that fatigue and reductions in muscle power output are evidence of an active reduction in effort (i.e., reduced neural output to working muscles) due to a pre-existing template or plan for an event which is based on either practice or prior competitive experience.

Spring training allows new players to audition for roster and position spots, and gives existing team players practice time prior to competitive play.

It is recognized that the use of formularies, prior authorization, competitive bidding, and related provisions (hereafter referred to as "controls") can manage provider practices and costs to the potential benefit of payors and patients.

Double stranded DNA samples were then labelled with Cy3- and Cy5-fluorescent dye using the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase prior to competitive hybridisation to microarrays in a Genomic Solutions hybridisation station for 16 hours at 51°C.

Participants reported 21.3 ± 12.9 years of prior participation in competitive endurance sports.

They did, however, both have to convince the British Olympic Association they would be "competitive" prior to being officially entered for their home Games.

In a prior study, a competitive ELISA was used to discriminate the serotype of infection [ 11].

Prior to the competitive binding experiments, the binding isotherm of each NIR agent to its target cells was constructed in order to calculate the Kd.

However, there has been relatively little work investigating habituation of native species to invasive species and the effects of prior exposure on competitive interactions (but see Webb et al. 2008; Abril and Gómez 2009; Nelson et al. 2011).

Most athletes, prior to competition, are working to guide their minds to their unique "ideal competitive mindset" and guide their emotions to a sense of "calm-intensity".