Example sentences of "[art] degree of competition " in BNC.

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1 The first , such as poor climate , dry conditions , the genetic make-up of the tree , the nutrient status of the soil , background pollution and the degree of competition from neighbours , will predispose a tree to succumb to stress .
2 These newly industrialized countries have , in turn , sharply changed the degree of competition in world trade faced by UK manufacturers in sectors as varied as clothing and shipbuilding .
3 While wage rates depend on productivity , and the degree of competition in an industry , they are also influenced by the organized force exerted by labor on capital : unionism has a significant direct effect on wages and fringe benefits … .
4 Account must also be taken of the degree of competition for the work .
5 Investigations conducted among more recent groups of émigrés suffer from the fact that such groups have been disproportionately Jewish ; there has nevertheless been some support for the view that nationality is not a ‘ primordial ’ attachment and that its political importance is likely to depend on situational factors such as the degree of competition for employment opportunities .
6 The scale of the firm , and hence the number of firms , depends on the relative importance of fixed costs , whereas prices depend on marginal costs and the degree of competition .
7 These relationships are purely technological , and do not assume anything about the degree of competition .
8 First , we should distinguish general externalities from things that directly affect market structure and the degree of competition .
9 The degree of competition in a market is an imprecise concept , as it depends on those factors which force firms to take account of the possibility that their business will be lost to rivals if they do not satisfy their customers .
10 However legislation regarding the rights and duties of employers and the powers , responsibilities and liabilities of trade unions , greatly affects the degree of competition in labour markets .
11 An important factor that affects this is the degree of competition from rival suppliers .
12 Economic theory suggests that important factors affecting the adjustment process are : uncertainty about future demand ; the presence of costs associated with leaving markets ; the size structure of enterprises in the industry ; the degree of competition or cooperation between them ; and the nature of public policy towards the industry .
13 Several contracts put out to tender are reviewed for : the degree of competition in house tender faced , and the outcome in respect of total expenditure , the sources of cost savings , and redundancies .
14 For example , the type of production process , e.g. process as compared to job costing , the degree of competition , e.g. monopolistic market conditions , size of the organization , e.g. a sole trader as compared to a multinational — these factors will influence the design of the AIS .
15 There would also be secondary effects which would increase the degree of competition and the level of investment .
16 However , the end result of the degree of competition in a market can only be observed in profitability .
17 Whatever impact this increased monopolization had in reducing the degree of competition in domestic markets was swamped in most instances by the greater challenge from imports .
18 The structure , conduct and performance of the ISE are of importance because they affect the degree of competition in the market , and hence on the costs to investors and borrowers .
19 Here , too , though we are not looking to carve up the territory between us a degree of competition never does any harm we should at least be getting together to think out how best to collaborate in the future .
20 Whereas water and electricity were broken up into different private companies between which there might be a degree of competition , British Telecom ( BT ) and British Gas were essentially privatized intact .
21 On Sept. 24 a specially convened ALP party conference in Canberra reversed the party 's traditional hostility to privatization by backing the government 's plans to allow a degree of competition for Telecom , the state-owned telecommunications authority , and to sell Australian Airlines ( the state-owned domestic airline ) and 49 per cent of Quantas , the national overseas carrier .
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