Sentence examples for under a monopoly from inspiring English sources

The two men began in 1812 the operation of a regular steamboat service between New Orleans and Natchez, Miss., under a monopoly contract with the territory of Orleans.

"We have suffered under a monopoly now for many years, and Amgen has done pretty much whatever they've pleased," said Dr. John H. Sadler, chief executive of the Independent Dialysis Foundation, a small nonprofit dialysis provider in Baltimore.

The only brand exported from Denmark, it is produced by Danish Distilleries, a private organization granted the sole right to produce alcohol and yeast since 1927 under a monopoly of the Danish government.

Under a monopoly system, electricity was considered a collective good and regulation was organised accordingly.

Offered under a monopoly by an Association of individual owner drivers, the public transport service has not changed dramatically since its start in the early 1900s.

"No political body must ever, under any circumstances, obtain a monopoly of radio," she wrote.

Local telecommunications service has traditionally been provided by a monopoly under a regulated price structure.

If Microsoft really is a monopoly under the law, then we must conclude that some monopolies are innovative price-cutters, as evidenced by the fact that you are no longer paying $4,500 for MS-DOS computers operating in molasses mode.

A municipal bus system operates within the city, and a separate, private bus company operating under a state monopoly connects the city centre with Soweto and Alexandra.

Drouot became a hot property under a French monopoly that formerly required all French auctioneers to sell through its 110 shareholders, who are also its auctioneers.

And while some shoppers said they thought competition would be good for choice and price, others said they feared that big business could swamp the little stores that had flourished under a state monopoly, whatever its flaws.