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Rather than being part of a carefully-choreographed strategy, however, sovereign buyers appear to be jostling for a piece of the action.

In an ordinary beam, the waves are like the pople in a crowd going to a football match, jostling and bumping into one another.

When a dozen customers are jostling at the till trying to buy the same packet of cornflakes it probably means the price is too low.

About 30 people are crowding around two small windows at a Cairo bakery , shouting at each other and jostling for the best place in line .

I looked all over for a case of looting, or violent jostling over rescue supplies.

They turned and made their way toward the Canal St. subway station, and he picked a path through the jostling crowd.

With currencies playing an increasing role in the portfolios of the wealthy, banks are jostling for a piece of the yuan investment pie.

(Air molecules do not pass heat along by jostling their close neighbor. ) Rather, they move along in a group when heated.

As they approached it, they saw to their surprise a large crowd jostling outside the doors, trying to get in.

You can rest assured that despite his jostling and wrangling, your Aries dad is always on your team.

It seemed to her a ridiculous armada of tubs jostling in futility.

Amid the jostling of these titanic particles, ordinary matter ekes out its existence like shrews scurrying about the feet of the dinosaurs.

The leaves, jostling and overlapping, produced, as it were, a wave of deep green.

Jostling continues for the two top jobs of president of the European Council and foreign-policy supremo, which may be filled next week.

Their crowdlike jostling as they marched down the snowy street simply emerged, out of anyone's control.

Cars are used to bullying and jostling their way across the full expanse of the road.

How this has come about is the subject of intense speculation, with three theories jostling for the top spot.

On a sunny day in Trinity term, the slow-drifting river would be packed with jostling punts full of rowdy students.

Villenueve decided on an obvious race tactic to slow the race down hoping Michael would become embroiled in a jostling of position.

Downstairs in a conference room the top military brass of the country are jostling for positions in a new army.

With bags held high or balanced on bamboo poles, they choked the entrances to the cars, jostling for a prime spot on board.

But as America plans to start drawing down its forces next year, the jostling for a political settlement is well under way.

Equally the large number of airlines jostling for the available passengers has created a huge excess of capacity.

We hope arguments, jostling and even fighting over touchy political issues will not repeatedly flare up throughout the election in Taiwan.

Jostling against one another under the domination of desires, who will think of lenient hoary mother?

But if our heart is full of the Savior's love, we will respond to the jostling of an unexpected trial with genuine patience and kindness.

Jostling for room, sea anemones, corals, and sponges vividly paint the floor of a kelp forest.

Rao, however, cautions that new caste data may open a "Pandora's box" of new jostling among different groups for government handouts.

Today, the highway's appearance implies only minimal maintenance, as does the jostling ride produced by the rough surface.

Retailers love this, of course, as they probably consider the sight of people jostling to buy their goods a strong economic indicator.

Ukraine badly needs attention, and unlike America or China it is not a place over which other EU leaders will be jostling for influence.

In-flight service is another area where the airlines are jostling for the executive's attention.

In 2006, an old woman in the eastern city of Nanjing was injured after rough jostling at a bus stop.

Jostling with them for limited funds will be a fast-growing number of cash-strapped non-financial firms.

Some passengers were jostling one another on their way out.

Spotting prey, the customary crowd of hustlers and touts swarmed around, jostling for my business.

But they were once common, especially when European powers were jostling for land in the New World.

The disputes partly reflect the jostling of goliaths in a slowing global economy.

They often keep their young on ice floes to avoid the crush of the jostling walrus crowds on land.

She stood at a podium as prime minister-elect, amid a sea of jostling and ill-tempered photographers.

As numbers increase in the cycle lanes, says Hadju, so behaviour deteriorates, with jostling and cutting-up becoming more frequent.

For the most part, Chinese companies are still jostling to catch up with US and European enterprises.

There will never be a shortage of people jostling to be the boss.

Many other firms are also jostling to become the main interpreter of corporate data.

Then dart swiftly away to an open area, away from the jostling crowd at the stand.

Pickpocket gangs sometimes operate in the tourist areas, especially around road junctions, where a lot of natural jostling takes place.

No one intrudes on the others, even if in a jostling crowd.

Jostling him with his meal tray.

The central characters of the novel are jostling for prominence.

Global demand for energy is rising steadily and the major powers are jostling to secure supplies.

Many people continue to slip through the net and into jostling crowds, with at most a thin handkerchief to stifle their incessant cough.

In my works, I use motifs relating to power, jostling , territorial control and ostentation.

Dr Saiidi gained his crucial insight by jostling models of bridges on a specially built "shake table" .

Men arguing their fine points of law and doctrine, and women (as we'll see tomorrow) jostling to push their views.

They started jostling for food and good manners went by the board.

The distribution of aid seemed chaotic in some parts, with people jostling for handfuls of food thrown from trucks.

Leading me through the jostling crowd.

All the runners are jostling for first place.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled , in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world giving and receiving offence .

People in the crowd were jostling for the best positions.

Someone who is jostling you is just trying to get your attention.

The CIA estimate for the whole of China puts life expectancy at 74. 68, jostling for position with Syria, Colombia and Hungary.

Why else would Delta and American Airlines be jostling to throw money at the perennial problem that is Japan Airlines?

Apart from the physical exhaustion, there is the mental strain caused by unruly crowds, jostling and firecrackers.

Already they are jostling for deposits with new-found vigour.

he lamented, referring to the current field of people jostling to become Republican candidate for the 2012 elections.

The act or an instance of jostling or shoving.

Businesses are jostling to capitalize on rising consumption in China's second- and third-tier cities.

Meet and greet: The Duke reaches out to a group of admirers, all jostling to catch a glimpse of him

Great things are done when men and mountains meet, These are not done by jostling in the street.

We packed the room so tight that one could not move an elbow without jostling somebody.

The Domestic and Foreign Business are Jostling when Expanding in India

Still jostling after all these years