11.   While other larger steel producers had struggled and often failed against foreign competition, Nucor succeeded.

12.   Japanese PC makers now face foreign competition in their home market.

13.   While discount rose retailers watch their business bloom, U.S. rose growers are going bankrupt amid severe foreign competition.

14.   Haier may need to depend less on the Chinese market because it is likely to face an increasing challenge on its own turf.

15.   The economy is riddled with rigidities, says the IMF, which distort responses to exchange-rate changes and insulate sectors from foreign competition.

16.   Spitalfields silk weavers had mixed fortunes, with the war affecting both the extent of foreign competition they faced and the cost and supply of raw silk.

17.   This will result in downward pressure on prices as domestic firms face foreign competition.

18.   A paper by Jacquemin, shows that this disciplinary effect from foreign competition can also work in oligopolistic markets.

19.   The company now feels that the industry is likely to remain depressed and foreign competition in the UK market is likely to increase further.