foreign rival
collocation in Englishmeaningsofforeignandrival
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foreign
adjective
uk/ˈfɒr.ən/us/ˈfɔːr.ən/
belonging or connected to a country that is not ...
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rival
noun[C]
uk/ˈraɪ.vəl/us/ˈraɪ.vəl/
a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the ...
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(Definition offoreignandrivalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Of particular importance is that they are two years in advance of anyforeignrival.
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I think, therefore, the whole key of the situation, upon which too much attention cannot be concentrated, is the relative building capacities of this country and our chiefforeignrival.
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The action was seen as a defence of the home market from aforeignrival.
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On that assumption what will be our actual position as compared with that of our foreign rivals in the year 1914?
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Industry still faces a huge task in becoming competitive with its foreign rivals.
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Never has our horticultural industry been in a position of equality with foreign rivals who try to supply our markets.
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Are we to be dependent upon foreigners for our bread-stuffs and utterly incapable of resisting the most humiliating attacks from our foreign rivals?
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To succeed in competition with your foreign rivals, you must have confidence in the country.
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This tax will add to them still further and make them less able to compete with foreign rivals.
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The manufacture of many components seems to be, all too often, much less exciting and imaginative than those produced by our foreign rivals.
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In this respect, we are at a disadvantage compared with some of our foreign rivals.
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Everybody accuses everybody else of cheating, particularly our fishermen, whose views about their foreign rivals are almost unprintable.
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Yards outside the development areas cannot complain that they are at a disadvantage because they do not receive a subsidy in competing with foreign rivals.
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How do we compare in that respect with our foreign rivals?
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To get back employment you must succeed in competition with your foreign rivals.
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Investment was conspicuously behind that of our foreign rivals, and productivity declined relative to that of our international competitors.
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The object is to reduce the costs of production, in order that we may be able to compete more successfully with our foreign rivals in the markets of the world.
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