1.   In this way professions can control rival occupational groups which might threaten their dominance of a section of the Market.

2.   At this point the directors, who clearly see their dominance in moviemaking threatened, are outraged.

3.   He said it was because he was making the exchange more professional and responsive to its users in a way that threatened their dominance.

4.   NEC, meanwhile, is seeking to fortify its position in the Japanese market, where its dominance has been threatened recently by IBM and Compaq Computer Corp.

5.   Such access threatens the dominance of the traditional dial-up service provider, while Earthlink, Mindspring and America Online are forming partnerships to offer these broadband technologies.

6.   That dominance is being threatened, however.

7.   While Countrywide occupies a unique niche as a leading mortgage lender, the augmentation of its services may threaten its dominance.

8.   Nelson was expected to immediately threaten the dominance of Hale Irwin and Gil Morgan.

9.   Roque was elected just a week ago, when the PRI changed its leadership in a bid to stem defections and electoral losses that threaten its dominance.