But close competition yesterday moved Alison and her crew into fourth position over all after six races.

The close competition has led the nominees to travel here several times since their conventions.

It was a decade of close competition with each capital city holding at least one series during the decade.

But most moments were filled with close competition and first-rate entertainment.

As in any sport, parity is important to maintain close competition.

This helps keep costs down and means close competition on the track.

That would be a seriously close competition with a great many candidates...

At the Reward Challenge, it was a very close competition.

In this respect, it is in close competition of Bolivia.

Some analysts said that with the close competition, a front-runner might not emerge on Tuesday.