Outcome-based education, as the opponents understand it, is a system meant to teach all children the same things, to foster conformity and to discourage competition.

But rivals predicted the ruling would discourage robust competition by making it more difficult for them to attract investors and grow.

Sometimes it's just the rumor of monsters, put out by secret societies to discourage competition.

Government price controls discourage production and competition, create shortages and breed corruption.

"On the other, the law doesn't want to discourage competition and innovation by building upon someone else's discoveries."

This "dual governance," says Justice, discourages competition between the networks, stifling the desire to create new products.

One vital task is to end a campaign financing system that discourages competition.

Rather, minimum-service requirements discourage competition and raise prices for consumers.

Secondly, we would like European noise standards: in the interests of the public and to discourage competition between certain airports.

That is not likely to discourage competition.