One reason he seems to be in a good place for a prime minister is because international rivals and domestic competitors are in much worse ones.

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the show emerged as a powerful international rival to the Farnborough Airshow.

All the airlines have asked the government to make drastic changes in aviation policies to ensure that the domestic industry will survive stronger international rivals.

Companies are far better equipped to compete with their international rivals than they were ten years ago'.

Victory over Napoleon left Britain without any serious international rival, other than Russia in central Asia.

The team's main international rival is Pachuca.

Even when you widen the sample Trott is not significantly slower than many of his international rivals.

Every two or three years, British ballet comes under attack from critics who claim it's being far outdanced by its international rivals.

Britain has higher proportions of untrained workers than any of our international rivals.

But its privileged position - though fully privatized in 1995, it is still referred to as the national carrier - rankles increasingly vocal international rivals.