Sentence examples for sold competition from inspiring English sources

He wanted to encourage "non-banking" institutions into the sector and indicated that when taxpayer stakes in banks were sold, competition issues would be borne in mind.

It is difficult to sell competition when not a single boxer seems to be in the same solar system as him.

Congress is always involved as it endlessly tinkers with the rules for "competitive foods --the sodas and snacks sold in competition with foods --theupported school meals.

Three of the company's bars – in Bournemouth, Brighton and Norwich – have been closed or sold as competition for drinkers takes its toll.

Bought seven years ago by India's United Spirits, the Glasgow-based distiller had to be sold for competition reasons after Diageo acquired a controlling stake in United.

Without the taxi market, into which most cars in the city are sold, the competition could not justify a major sales presence in the city.

In a report to Congress in January 2001, the United States Department of Agriculture said that sales of candy, salty snacks and sweetened drinks sold in competition with healthier options were jeopardizing the nutritional effectiveness of school meals.

Virgin claimed the way matches are currently sold breached competition law, and that too few matches are made available for broadcast.

(The company, which employs more than 11,000 people, has racked up more than $191m in losses since seeking bankruptcy protection in February, according to the Wall Street Journal).Like Barnes & Noble, Borders has a reputation for being a brutish corporate behemoth that has been edging out more humane book-selling competition for decades.

These coins were given to county winners and runners-up in a selling competition for young ladies.

A dispute with workers at the MyFerryLink business, which Eurotunnel was forced to sell by competition regulators, also disrupted services on the rail link over the summer as striking ferry workers blockaded Calais with burning tyres.