Sentence examples for stern competition from inspiring English sources

It's facing stern competition in the form of Football Manager Handheld 2013 though.

Baines, who played 90 minutes against Chile last Friday, is providing stern competition for Ashley Cole at left-back.

Its three-dimensional view of New York shows clearly that Bing Maps will provide stern competition for Google maps.

The British actor beat off stern competition from Hollywood royalty, including Frances McDormand, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson.

Caulker is Malky Mackay's fourth signing of the summer and will provide stern competition for Mark Hudson and Ben Turner at the heart of the Bluebirds defence.

Redknapp admits that the 30-year-old's form could lead to him staying at the club, despite stern competition from Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and Roman Pavlyuchenko for a starting place.

But it will face stern new competition from a major player - Disney.

It is an essential problem must to face how to raises the computer major student's project design and development ability to meet the stern employment competition situation.

Alan Pardew's side will face far sterner tests in this competition, but there were encouraging performances from Gabriel Obertan and Sylvain Marveaux on either wing.

As Stern points out, there is more competition every day for the viewers' attention.

Even the shows devoted to its practice, like "Project Runway" and "America's Next Top Model," make fashion into a ruthless competition, presided over by stern, frosty judges (mostly women).