31.   Officials of EchoStar and DirecTV insisted the merger would benefit rural consumers and provide healthy competition.

32.   On the other hand, planting thickly helps reduce algae growth by blocking sunlight and providing competition for nutrients.

33.   On the other hand, interest rates are expected to remain low, providing little competition for investment from investors.

34.   Oates is high on Gil after watching him in Mexico, but Beltre could provide some competition.

35.   Other cruise lines will provide competition.

36.   Patterson said the bankruptcy filings are important because in the long run airlines like his provide the competition that holds down the prices that the big airlines can charge.

37.   Regulators generally value regional stock exchanges because they provide competition to the New York Stock Exchange and have been sources of innovation.

38.   The charge is to get a more open market, and to provide competition, and to provide some benefit for consumers.

39.   The competition he referred to had nothing to do with the Bears, since the Bears have rarely provided competition for anyone this season.

40.   The company was given the chance to show that an exception to the rules would serve the public interest by providing competition to ABC, CBS and NBC.