11.   Automation is also expected to help Toronto protect its share of the market against tough competition.

12.   Banks have long claimed that they face tough competition, especially from new mortgage lenders that are challenging the banks with low-interest, cut-price home loans.

13.   BMW also said its joint jet engine venture with Rolls-Royce Plc has secured many new contracts with major aerospace companies amid tough international competition.

14.   A merger would help the companies cut labor and production costs in the face of tough international competition, Sawato said.

15.   Akzo Nobel is expected to pose tough competition for American and European rivals like DuPont, Bayer of Germany and ICI of Britain.

16.   All this in a town where the philharmonic frequently faces tough competition from touring rivals.

17.   All markets will remain under price pressure from tough competition, the company said.

18.   But Au Bon Pains have found expansion into the suburbs difficult and face increasingly tough competition in urban settings from bagel shops and ubiquitous cafe chains like Starbucks.

19.   But efforts to restore civility will meet tough competition.