21.   Prices are lower when there is competition among the stores.

22.   It is the second year that the Northern Development Corporation has run the Quality Quest competition among schools from Redcar to Carlisle.

23.   America Online and Time Warner hailed the agreement as a model of open access that would assure continuing competition among Internet service providers.

24.   Analysts also note that much of the activity amounts to a war of words over strategic direction rather than a competition among commercially viable products.

25.   Analysts at that time noted subprime lenders were hurt by falling prices for loans, as competition among wholesale lenders increased.

26.   Analysts expect the purchase to enliven competition among the leaders in diagnostics, Abbott Laboratories and Boehringer Mannheim of Germany.

27.   An even more difficult sale may be Clover because of the intense competition among discount retailers in the Northeast.

28.   And as more states lower the barriers to competition among utilities, finding lower-priced energy should become even easier.

29.   And competition among restaurants is holding down the cost of meals away from home.

30.   Analysts at the time noted subprime lenders were hurt by falling prices for loans, as competition among wholesale lenders increased.