Sentence examples for slight competitive from inspiring English sources

This may seem funny, considering how much we were with one another and how freely we talked, but there was always that slight competitive element to things.

Apparently, when NHL players were asked whether they would wear a helmet if the league did not require them to, almost all said no. Individually, they didn't want to give up the slight competitive advantage apparently gained by playing without one.

In the long term, however, variants with even a slight competitive disadvantage would be lost from the population.

(C ) OmpU mutants have slight competitive fitness defects when serially passaged in Luria Bertani broth (for ca. 58 generations).

Plant height differed little, with only a small negative effect of TPS10 expression for center plants (E ), which was more pronounced in mixed- than monocultures, indicating a slight competitive disadvantage for these plants.

A slight competitive spirit might be just what you need to get yourself in gear.

His two fights since Sonnen have resulted in both Vitor Belfort and Yushin Okami being crushed with kicks and punches, neither competitive in the slightest, while last week's uncharacteristic conference call outburst suggests he's firing on all cylinders right now.

That's a slight exaggeration, but Oakland and Kansas City are rarely competitive at the same time.

According to Siegel, that fund helps Menlo to identify promising young startups before they become competitive, giving it a slight advantage when it comes time to raise Series A financing.

Israel said that he has 76 "real deal" competitive races -- a slight improvement to the estimate he made just last week.

In this case, the slight racemization is due to the competitive formation of a propargyl carbocation, presumably facilitated by the higher polarity of the reaction medium.