Sentence examples for a competitive auction from inspiring English sources

At both tables South was in four spades after a competitive auction.

A competitive auction is the Canadian company's best bet to get the fullest price.

In a competitive auction in which neither side was sure who could make what, West was doubled in five spades.

In a competitive auction, a jump in an unbid suit announces length in that suit and support for partner's suit.

It is generally agreed that some liberties can be taken in a competitive auction when not vulnerable against vulnerable opponents.

If anyone doubted a government pledge to pay big money for the rights to remedies, the patent's value could be established by a competitive auction.

It has not got as much as it wanted, but a less competitive auction may give the successful operators more of a chance to build a profitable business.

The BBC has only now returned to the table and the emergence of BT Sport as a serious challenger to Sky allowed the Football Association to engineer a more competitive auction this time around.

The memoir prompted a highly competitive auction early last year, with seven publishers bidding on it and Ms. Knox receiving a reported $4 million advance from HarperCollins.

AOL began shopping around the patents in the fall, in what it said was a "robust, competitive auction".

It followed a highly competitive auction between some of the world's biggest private equity groups, which persuaded its owner, Bridgepoint, to ditch plans for going public on the stock market.