1.   Analysts thought that the Brazilian government would let regional electricity companies compete to sell energy over a nationwide grid that would remain under state control, Binder said.

2.   At one end would be the generating companies, which would compete to sell power on a spot market, much like a commodities exchange.

3.   By controlling the transmission lines, the state could invite utility companies around the country to compete to sell electricity to Long Island customers.

4.   Futures prices came under pressure because several producers were competing to sell oil at short notice.

5.   It seemed that almost everyone else was competing to sell familiar-looking leather coats and chunky-knit sweaters.

6.   Publishers compete to sell their books to the schools and the schools may pick from a list recommended by the Education Department or may ignore the list altogether.

7.   Pratt and GE are the only suppliers of military jet engines in the U.S. and compete to sell engines to foreign countries such as Israel.

8.   Such practices are competing to sell their services at flat per-person rates to large managed-health-care plans with thousands of members.

9.   The company had competed to sell the plane to Scandinavian Airlines system but lost out earlier this year to Boeing Co.

10.   The group includes Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South-East Asian countries and others competing to sell agricultural goods.