21.   The company has decided to get into other services as well to shore up profits as heightened competition in the long-distance market threatens to chip away its earnings.

22.   The heightened competition means that all companies are under pressure to spread research and development costs over a much wider array of cars.

23.   The heightened competition, and rising costs associated with its expansion, held back profit growth last year.

24.   The heightened competition from the large foreign banks is going to force Colombian banks to become more efficient in order to compete, analysts said.

25.   The prospect of heightened Japanese competition may not delight American businesses operating in these countries.

26.   There are already signs that Rogers Cantel faces a stiff challenge dealing with heightened competition.

27.   With the recent passage of the Federal Telecommunications Act, heightened competition among telephone companies is expected to drive down long-distance rates.

28.   Yet while some analysts tout the benefits of deregulation, others are already looking at the day when heightened competition would be a fact.

29.   Yet in the highly sensitive area of arms transfers, we must not let heightened competition between French and American defense industries get out of control.

30.   His aggressiveness and the heightened competition could boost the size and development of the Italian digital television market, they contend.