The phrase "a bid to assert" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an attempt or effort to establish or affirm something, such as a position, belief, or authority.
Example: "The organization launched a campaign as a bid to assert its influence in the community."
Alternatives: "an effort to establish" or "a move to affirm".
The move by the European Parliament was partly a bid to assert new powers to decide issues concerning European security jointly with E.U. governments.
The move by Parliament was partly a bid to assert new powers to decide issues concerning European security jointly with E.U. governments.
Hard as nails, he eats peach slices straight off a knife and collars Rachel's original bodyguard with a chair in a bid to assert his authority.
This may be a bid to assert the show's importance, but "The King and I" is already important — delightful and moving and complicated — and creating a larger visual field doesn't really change our response to it.
While high-profile attacks in Iraq are down some 60percentt according to Iraqi and U.S. military reports, Al Qaeda in Iraq, even in its death rattle, is still unleashing violent sleeper cells in a bid to assert itself.
The announcement is also the latest in a series of steps Mr. Bloomberg has taken in a bid to assert his influence nationally as his final term as mayor enters its twilight — and after he appears to have abandoned his own hopes of one day becoming president.
Chief among his complaints was a failed effort on Saturday to hand over control of Bagram Prison to the Afghan government, which the president views as crucial in his bid to assert national sovereignty.
The brick pyramid is the museum's bid to assert its presence – we had "literally to fight to get some space for the needs of Tate" – and its material is intended both to cohere with the old power station and assert its difference.
Armed Iraqi groups have mounted ever more deadly and spectacular assaults on fellow Iraqis, in bids to assert political and territorial dominance.
It is not clear if this Islamist streak is a bid to appeal to the militants' supporters, or to assert some independence from Moscow.
Today, Yasir Arafat took a gamble, confronting a radical Palestinian crowd in a bid to shore up his own position and assert his international credibility as the possible leader of a Palestinian state.
