21.   If anything, the competition is becoming more intense.

22.   If the competition has partly become a game of one-upmanship, Ballesteros may have scored an early victory.

23.   That company would operate in an industry where global competition is becoming increasingly fierce.

24.   The competition is becoming especially tough in trucks, on which Chrysler is far more dependent than its rivals.

25.   The competition is becoming increasingly stiff, he added.

26.   The competitions have become increasingly popular, and lucrative, through pay-per-view television.

27.   The competition has become a social event as well as a business event.

28.   The competition has become tougher.

29.   They both train under Coach Jon Urbanchek, but they are not close, and their competitions have become fierce rivalries.

30.   With demand remaining anemic for all Spanish banks, competition has become more aggressive and that has put more pressure on profit margins from banking.