1.   Several advertising agencies are competing to get the contract.

2.   Executives across America anxiously compete to get their companies onto the list of family-friendly firms that Moskowitz compiles each year for Working Mother magazine.

3.   Jovan had to compete to get a job with them.

4.   Several state colleges competed to get the honors college on their campus, but Amherst was selected largely because of its strong honors program.

5.   States and nations compete to get companies to expand in their areas.

6.   They compete to get into music schools.

7.   This puts pressure on pricing, as suppliers compete to get into these chains, Sprague said.

8.   We had to compete to get our food into the bear box before all the spaces disappeared.

9.   He stressed that audience members sometimes may compete to get one outcome instead of another, while at other times they need to cooperate to succeed.

10.   I need to compete to get better, and I will fight for my future.