1.   Most entrepreneurial governments promote competition between service providers.

2.   The agreement was designed to promote competition among larger retailers.

3.   The purpose of drinks advertising is to promote competition between different brands.

4.   The company was also legally bound to promote competition in the industry and ensure electricity supplies met standards of supply and quality.

5.   Hawick, Selkirk, Galashiels, Peebles, Kelso, Melrose and Innerleithen were the seven original members of an Association set up to promote competition throughout the Borders.

6.   Analysts say the deregulation measures will alter the face of the securities industry by removing decades-long government interference in the stock market and promoting competition.

7.   And it puts a strong federal hand behind measures to promote competition in the health business.

8.   And Patrick V. Murphy, deputy assistant secretary for aviation at the Department of Transportation, said his agency supported anything that promoted competition.

9.   And it failed to adequately regulate the newly privatized businesses to protect customers and promote competition.