The phrase "a bid to emphasize" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an attempt or effort to highlight or draw attention to something specific.
Example: "The speaker made a bid to emphasize the importance of teamwork during the presentation."
Alternatives: "an effort to highlight" or "a move to underscore".
Tite might have removed the burden of the captaincy from him — a bid to emphasize the importance of a team ethic — but, come on, it's Neymar.
Perhaps in a bid to emphasize the exclusivity and large budgets involved in Formula One — top teams spend in excess of $100 million per season — the Sauber car was kept behind a velvet rope, with two guards positioned on either side of the display.
Likewise, in this generation, English architect Thomas Heatherwick stands out with his sculptural structure at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo known as the Seed Cathedral with 60,000 plant seeds embedded on tips of acrylic rods inserted into a cubic shell in a bid to emphasize conservation of earths heterogeneity of plant life.
He lately has taken to emphasizing his Italian roots in a bid to appear more attractive to that sizable voting bloc.
In a bid to avoid trouble in both of those areas, several provincial politicians emphasized on Monday that environmental and social concerns, particularly related to native groups, would take precedence over development.
Major retailers have also emphasized their price-matching policies in recent years in a bid to ease shoppers' minds about prices.
On the labor front, industry experts viewed the dispute both as a battle between the machinists' union and United, and a bid by the union to emphasize its influence.
A finger in his face to emphasize a thousand rules.
The child was there to emphasize that this is a bid for the future, for the opportunity of young people to see a major tournament in their lifetime.
BHP has gone out of its way to emphasize that its bid will more than meet the requirements of that law as well as legislation in Saskatchewan, where Potash is the largest corporation.
