The inconsistencies might be high prices but no competition, or high uptake of a low-quality service.
With no competition, favoured firms get away with delivering bad roads and overpriced hospitals.
"As far as sentiment goes, rating downgrades are no competition for the ECB's three-year LTROs, " he said.
Publishers essentially faced no competition and enjoyed complete control of what books people could publish and sell.
An out-of-town retail park in Northamptonshire would offer "no competition" to Wellingborough town centre, according to councillors.
In fact, this season and next season 2K Sports will have no competition in the NBA simulation game.
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The first is where there is a monopoly of employers, where there is no competition for the labour.
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Only in government, which has no competition, did union membership grow, and now stands at 36 percent.
There is no competition, no market, and few opportunities for the private sector.
But it is uncommercial: once certified, most French auctioneers face no competition within their region, nor may they advertise.
Finally, there is no competition for drilling from the oil and gas industry.
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An earlier US Federal Trade Commission investigation into how Google displayed links to its services concluded there was no competition issue.
Free trade agreements open doors for American companies to compete in the first place, and tough competition is better than no competition.
"The development of retail projects in Kansas City has really slowed, and there's no competition within miles of here, " said Mr. Lowe.
There's no competition between super heroes, but if there was, he'd win.
The swipe fee system does not have transparency and has no competition.
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Ironically, this is how Buffett got started 60 years ago when security analysis was in its infancy, and he had no competition.
It will help that The Dark Knight has virtually no competition in terms of big movies for the rest of the summer.
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At fly half there is no competition - Johnny Wilkinson is way ahead as the best 10 in the business at the moment.
"There was no competition, but not enough business, either, " Krouham sighs.
If the writer had expanded on Gaikais applications, then there would be no competition, because no one else offered the applicable options that Gaikai did.
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When there is no competition for the labour as there are vast armies of it sitting around twiddling their thumbs and looking for something to do.
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And while "competition is heating up and lending terms have softened a bit, if you move away from prime lending areas, there is no competition, " he said.
Analysts said Samsung will likely see a continued rise in smartphone sales this year, especially in low- and mid-priced models where it sees no competition from Apple.
They face no competition and inelastic demand for their services.
Consumers benefit because they can be sure that the network reaches anybody they may want to pay, but the trade-off is that there is no competition to develop a better service.
In turn, it can squeeze suppliers of generics--it has less clout with branded drugs, which have no competition--to service the likes of Kmart, Walgreens and CVS. The cost of money has dropped, too.
Some people would like the idea of no competition so they can keep the position for the rest of their lives, but no, there has to be a kind of danger all the time.
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