1.   Asked what she wanted for the area, Smith chuckled, thinking aloud about all the interests that have competed over the years for control of the cove.

2.   But participants said the preening is kept to a minimum, though experts sometimes compete over who brings the most colorful graphics.

3.   But they have never competed over wetness.

4.   Five decades ago, CBS and RCA, which owned NBC, competed over the standard for color television, waging a loud, public squabble.

5.   For many centuries until World War II, France and Britain competed over the pre-eminence of their respective versions of Western civilization.

6.   In response, the two major parties, Labor and the Conservatives, often seem to be competing over which can talk tougher and produce stricter anti-refugee policies.

7.   Just before the Fourth of July last year, two gangs competing over fireworks sales turf had a gunfight in busy Chinatown, wounding seven bystanders.

8.   On a LAN, all the players have identical connections to the in-house network, which is generally not true for players competing over the Internet.

9.   On its own, the Westwood company may not be big enough to compete over the long haul with the emerging behemoths of the communications industry.

10.   That Bush and Gore are competing over slightly different profiles of swing voters is apparent in their television commercials.