Sentence examples for vie over the from inspiring English sources

The new Parliament, chosen in the March 7 election, convenes Monday, but many politicians say months may pass before a new government is chosen, as factions vie over the choice of prime minister.

Since the open-source encyclopaedia launched in 2001, users have vied over what information is "correct".

Across two weeks of Senate debate, the sides will be vying over the definition of reform.

External powers are vying over the end game with conflicted goals.

Are we, therefore, just vying over the spoils, the public acclaim, the cultural status?

I had fun with the short hands-on demo, and enjoyed the game's complex interlocking upgrade systems, but I brushed aside its, let's say, "familiar" plot of alien forces vying over the fate of mankind.

But a fight over a plan to erect a 190-foot communications tower on nearby Blue Hill in the town of Livingston, about two miles away, has roiled the usually serene landscape of Columbia County, where sharp elbows are reserved for vying over the ripest peaches at local farm stands.

Democrats and Republicans in Congress were soon vying over who was doing more to stop such moves, which both parties labeled unpatriotic.

But the competition proved equally fierce among guests at the ceremony as potential new sponsors vied to take over the award given to the best female-composed fiction.

And Narendra Modi, Gujarat's chief minister then and now, is currently vying to take over the leadership of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, and one day India.

Mr. Smith and several of those investors are now partners in Empire Racing Associates, one of four bidders vying to take over the franchise when it expires this year.