21.   Because of the blowout results, the singles competition on the final day was purely for entertainment.

22.   A lower dollar and ongoing price competition on trans-Atlantic routes hurt the performance of passenger operations, KLM said.

23.   According to industry analysts, many music stores were driven into bankruptcy because of the earlier competition on CD prices.

24.   Actually, this tournament is a tuneup for far more profitable competition on the tour at Indian Wells, Calif., and Key Biscayne, Fla.

25.   But competition on the ice should be heated in Gunma.

26.   But in two years we want to take this competition on the road to California, to the Napa Valley.

27.   But he must fend off hungry competition on all sides.

28.   But it does not hide the performance of the Alpine skiers, who seemed to shrink from the major competition on the world stage.

29.   But officials at US Airways and American believe that it would promote competition on the East Coast and should be approved.

30.   But the competition on the water was suddenly suspenseful, if not slightly orchestrated by the always-evolving rules.