21.   Besides, when you have seven or eight guys going for five spots, it increases the competition.

22.   Big insurers like Hancock are facing fierce price pressures within the industry and increasing competition from banks and mutual fund companies.

23.   A banking law passed Friday by Congress will increase competition by allowing savings and loans associations over time to perform traditional activities.

24.   A long time in the planning, the ad campaign comes as CNN faces increasing competition that has cluttered a cable TV news niche it once had to itself.

25.   Allen called on Congress to pass legislation that will increase competition in the local phone market, saying a national plan to end existing monopolies is needed.

26.   Airline shares in Europe were mostly lower amid concern any commission action to increase competition will squeeze margins.

27.   Also contributing to the rise is the approach of European monetary union, which will increase competition as it opens up markets.

28.   Allen called on Congress to pass sweeping legislation that will increase competition in the local phone market, saying a national plan to end existing monopolies is needed.

29.   Bumper crops would increase competition for export business.

30.   But because Wal-Mart is so large and powerful, its move is bound to increase competition, affecting prices in an already low-margin business.