The third level of competition is the most insidious, most often neglected, and hardest to overcome.
That's OK. At this level of competition at the Westminster dog show, having a big head helps.
Nokia also seems certain to face a level of competition that goes beyond anything it has previously experienced.
But what exactly does it say about the level of competition that Messi and Ronaldo are facing week after week?
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It looks like the new President of the league is more concerned with showing the talent an skills than the level of competition.
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Generics are chemically identical copies of branded medicines that have lost patent protection, creating a level of competition that can drive prices down.
Further, online and mobile shopping adds an implicit level of competition for Avon, as it offers consumers the same convenience of shopping from home.
The same forces that have pushed financial firms to grow bigger and more diversified are also raising the level of competition in the industry.
Too young to compete at a Grand Prix event, the top level of competition, Hester wanted Valegro to learn the trade under his young apprentice.
However, he is happy with the level of competition for places.
But to be considered for selection it has been made clear to Beckham that he needs to be playing at a European level of competition.
For savers who accept rates will not beat inflation, there is some cheer in the level of competition in the market, according to one price comparison website.
At that level of competition, every contender is a potential gold medalist on a perfect day, and no athlete is immune from loss in less than ideal situations.
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The league takes pride in its scheduling and level of competition, which has facilitated year-to-year parity and helped a new rotation of clubs enter the playoffs each season.
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Still a 1st round selection, but a lot of missed tackles when facing a superior level of competition on Monday night that he had not faced all year.
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The real question is the stakes, and the level of competition, and over a week at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club it was clear that a high-level field was playing for keeps.
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England were second best, as they were against New Zealand, but only by exposing those same players, and others, to this level of competition on a much more regular basis are we going to see any improvement.
"What you're getting is a very athletic player, a great kid, smart kid, engineering major, " Reid said of Fisher, who really began to draw attention with a strong Senior Bowl, showing he could handle the highest level of competition.
Watching content on your computer is one thing, but the ability to conveniently stream the same range of content on your TV (for free) could add a new level of competition that pay-TV providers are likely hoping to avoid.
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As a result, some of these industry participants and independent experts fear that the current high level of competition among online travel agents and metasearch providers could be undermined if Google were to acquire ITA and start its own OTA or metasearch service.
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We had never formally structured it, but with the recent success of our Aspire Learning Consortium for Starcraft 2 and the big announcement from Riot Games for Season 3, we wanted to create a more specific way for players and teams to work towards a professional level of competition, or for eager gamers to gain skills they could utilize in the professional space.
The authors find that when subsidies are given to competitive sectors and distributed in a way that maintains or increases the level of competition within the industry, then the net impact of these subsidies on productivity, productivity growth over time and also the share of new products in total sales (which is a measure of how innovative a firm is being) is positive.
For the most part, in my experiences, most IT environments harbor a certain level of internal competition among colleagues.
Concerns over consistency and dealing with the pressure of Test level competition, the sort of 'mental vermin' that fuel my game.
Cricket at the highest level is great because of the intense competition between patriotic and highly skilled performers who proudly represent their countries.
Over the next few months the Office of Fair Trading may look harder at competition in banking, in particular at the level of fees charged to businesses by investment banks.
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Norwich wasn't the only Premier League club dumped out of the competition by lower-level opposition.
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Should teachers be treated like professional football players, whose salaries, job security, and other perks are determined almost exclusively based on individual performance metrics, regardless of the quality of their management, stadiums, equipment, coaching, practice facility, the quality and ambition of their fellow players, their level of fan support, age, health, competition, weather, whether they primarily play indoors or outdoors, or sundry other factors that might empirically affect their performance?
His case is fostering discussion about science, competition and the notion of a level playing field.
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