Sentences with phrase «fierce rivalry for»

Take Spain, for example, where a coterie of major and local players, from Amazon, Google and Apple, to Casa del Libro, Fnac and El Corte Ingles, are locked in fierce rivalry for ebook buyers.

In addition, many landscape architects choose self - employment, which certainly creates fierce rivalries for work.

Not exact matches

Nevertheless, the Premier League and La Liga boast with some of the fiercest rivalries both in terms of teams and players which is also important for fans that enjoy watching football, their financial strength and the power to bring players like Ronaldo, Messi, Aguero, Sanchez, Rooney etc..

Francis Coquelin may have only been Arsenal's Number One defensive midfielder for a few weeks, but he has been at the club for seven years now and knows all about our fierce rivalry with our inferior neighbours.

Next weekend's North London Derby is looking like a season - defining moment for both Arsenal and Tottenham, and other than being a fierce rivalry, it is also the definition of a six - pointer.

Despite having a fierce rivalry when Sir Alex Ferguson managed Manchester United, Arsene Wenger and Fergie now have immense respect for each other.

Home win and overs for me in what is one of the fiercest rivalries in world sport.

The two Sarajevo - based sides, who enjoy a fierce and passionate rivalry, met last weekend for what looked like a title decider.

As fierce the rivalry and real the hatred for each other, it must be a sickening reality for every Rangers fan to see their greatest rivals Celtic so dominant on the domestic scene in recent seasons.

With only eight seats up for grabs, and no party likely to win more than three MEP slots (despite most parties putting forward 16 candidates), this intra-party rivalry is fierce.

But it doesn't say anything about which nations trade with each other, which towns have fierce football rivalries or which states will swing for a particular political candidate.

On the heels of the self - financed, modestly budgeted 2007 drama Youth Without Youth — his first directorial outing after a ten - year hiatus — filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola remains situated in the director's chair for this semi-autobiographical family drama concerning an artistic family of immigrants whose fierce rivalries span several generations.

Borg vs. McEnroe (R for nudity and pervasive profanity) Tennis docudrama, set in the summer of 1980, revisiting the fierce rivalry between mild - mannered Bjorn Borg (Sverrir Gudnason) and hot - headed John McEnroe (Shia LaBeouf) leading to their historic showdown at Wimbledon.

Using deadpan humor and savage charm belying deep empathy for her characters, Miller's debut captures the angst, sexual rivalry, and escalating self - doubt of teenage life in America while announcing Miller as a fierce new voice.

Publishers Weekly has the right of it here: Observing that «there is no mistaking the fear that many of the commenters have of the prospect of competing with Amazon on price,» the DoJ noted that low prices and fierce rivalries are among the core ambitions of free markets and that contrary to many commenters views, «the goal of antitrust law is to use rivalry to keep prices low for consumers» benefit.

This prohibition can be a blessing in disguise for owners who are not competitive by nature, for AKC events often produce fierce rivalries or lead to such stress that outsiders wonder if either the people or the dogs are having any fun at all.

EA Games Chief Frank Gibeau has acknowledged that there's an «outside possibility of a January launch» for Star Wars: The Old Republic; blaming the lack of a firm release date on the fierce rivalry between MMOs in the World Of Warcraft - dominated marketplace.