1.   ...competing parties clamouring for the attention of the voter.

2.   And the political rhetoric between competing political parties grew hotter as the day wore on.

3.   As many world leaders have learned before him, the ability to stake out the center among competing political parties can help difficult medicine go down smoother.

4.   If the vote is close, some observers say, the officials on the juries will almost certainly come under intense pressure from the competing parties.

5.   In his speech, Tsvangirai called for national reconciliation in a country that is so politically polarized that violent clashes often erupt between the two competing parties.

6.   In the Senate, process is important, and Lott said he was trying to work out all the competing parties and proposals.

7.   In this parliamentary system, voters directly choose their representatives with one vote and use a second vote for one of the many competing political parties.

8.   Putin was said to favor the German model of about five competing parties.

9.   The spread of democracy can create new incentives for corruption as competing political parties seek campaign contributions.

10.   A proposed televised debate between competing parties, the first ahead of early parliamentary elections, came unstuck on Friday when Socialist leader Lionel Jospin refused to participate.