However, he said they are yet to mount a serious challenge in the corporate market where premium brands are most coveted.

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She now looks set to mount a serious challenge for gold at next year's world championships and the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

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Renault are hoping the R29 will allow Alonso and team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr to mount a serious challenge to front-runners McLaren and Ferrari.

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That hit and other shrewd moves have let the Disney Channel, a longtime also-ran in kid TV behind Viacom's Nickelodeon, mount a serious challenge.

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With a steady, settled batting lineup, depth in the seam-bowling department and the world's best spinner, Saeed Ajmal, the visitors had everything needed to mount a serious challenge.

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With a stiff breeze blowing across the testing links on the edge of the Monterey Peninsula, scoring was tough on the back nine and none of his rivals could mount a serious challenge.

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That hit and other shrewd moves have let the Disney Channel, a longtime also-ran in kid TV behind Viacom (nyse: VIA - news - people )'s Nickelodeon, mount a serious challenge.

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Given his disappointing results and his inability to mount a serious championship challenge over the last three seasons, Allen suggested, Massa wouldn't have had much cause for argument either.

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Spurs boss Harry Redknapp insists the north Londoners can mount a serious title challenge this season - and they added weight to his argument by surviving the first-half sending off of Jermain Defoe to demonstrate the character and quality required to secure three vital points.

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Indeed, pundits wondered whether any serious candidates would bother to mount a challenge.

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