About five thousand men and women from more than eighty countries will compete for seventeen days at the Vancouver Olympics.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Some political leaders wanted him to compete for some political office, perhaps for president.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

Under the new proposal, states and school systems would compete for federal grants.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

He also expressed disappointment that states would have to compete for money.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

These animals compete for food with the islands' native animals.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

So if we want to find new growth streams, if we want to find new markets and new opportunity, we have got to compete for those new customers, because other nations are competing for those new customers."

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Both films will also compete for the Oscar for best picture.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

But the effort took its toll and Gay has decided to skip the 200 meters and rest in the hope that he can compete for Team USA as part of the 4x100 meter relay team.

VOA: standard.2009.08.18

"And you know, with us doing that we got back to this point and got past where we were last year and we are happy to be able to compete for a national championship on Monday night."

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

But his message had to compete for attention with news that the giant insurance company American International Group,or AIG, paid out $165 million in bonuses to employees after the government agreed to bail out the financially troubled company.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

Other settlers brought huge herds of sheep to compete with cattle for the grass, and the sheep always won.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

He said this is necessary for the country to compete among some of the world's fastest growing economies.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Officials needed permission from all of the other Formula Three racers for the biodiesel WorldFirst car to compete.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

It was not unusual for the love of science to compete with the love of a woman.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

And at least in theory I can make those schools compete against each other for my services."

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Then they sell their catch at prices too low for the local fishing industry to compete.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

Liberal Democrats support the proposal for a self-supporting government insurance plan to compete with private ones.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

But groups say they have to compete with the business world for top executives.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

Blackwater did not have to compete with any other security companies for the work.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

"To look out for our workers, we've got to be able to compete in the global marketplace."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Folks who have broken the law, worked here illegally, probably a lot of them, and now seek to compete equally with Americans for jobs."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Noting that all organizations compete fiercely for funding, Feltman denied the Obama administration has backed away from groups supporting civil society and similar programs in Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

David Ogrean, Executive Director of USA Hockey, gives credit to the NHL for interrupting its season so that the best players in the world can compete at the 21st Winter Games.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

Senate Democrats were forced to make concessions to some of their members and to Independents, the most significant being the elimination of a government-run insurance option to compete with private companies whose practices have been the focus of sharp criticism for decades.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Many liberal Democrats believed that Mr.Obama's election last year presented the best opportunity yet to pass health care legislation that would include universal insurance coverage for all Americans and the establishment of a government insurance program to compete with private insurance companies.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

"We have 10 percent that we have to work on, and we can do that." In his speech, Mr.Obama is expected to campaign for what is called the public option a government-run health insurance plan which would compete with private insurers.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08