11.   Still, the Justice Department has shown signs that it will consider the actual presence of robust competition before it recommends approval of these applications.

12.   The Baby Bells are required to show their local markets are open to competition before being allowed to enter the long-distance business.

13.   The top U.S. finisher from the U.S. Trials, L.A. native Regina Jacobs, pulled out of the competition before the start because of a viral infection.

14.   The Tournament of Nations is the last competition before the Olympics.

15.   The unheralded Australian aerialist Alisa Camplin somersaulted to a gold medal after having never won a competition before Salt Lake.

16.   The wheelchair basketball games are especially significant because they are the final international competition before the Paralympics.

17.   This is the last major international competition before the Atlanta Olympics.

18.   Unofficially, however, neither has anything to gain by another competition before the Games.

19.   While robotic trading agents have been entered in competitions before, they had never competed against people.

20.   Oswald said the laboratory had told him they had never analyzed as many samples from one sports competition before.