1.   Neither group competed as a political party in the elections, instead giving their backing to independent candidates.

2.   Karen says that her mum used to compete as a swimmer, so she took it up and caught the bug.

3.   Although the man was an elite skater in Russia, he agreed to compete as a novice in the United States.

4.   Analysts said the labor dispute was indicative of some of the problems the formerly state-controlled bank will face as it tries to compete as a private entity.

5.   And when we walk out into the Georgia Dome, we will not be competing as seven individual guys.

6.   Any company that plans to compete as a full-service communications provider will need the financial muscle that mergers provide, he said.

7.   As a teenager, the ranch-raised McEntire dreamed of a country-music career while competing as a rodeo barrel racer.

8.   Baseball ultimately rose from the dead, and has competed as an independent the last three years.

9.   Because the former province is still run by the United Nations and has no independent government, the athletes will compete as individuals, not as a national team.

10.   Because he lacked core-course credits, Mitchell would not qualify academically to compete as a freshman.