Sentence examples for bid activities from inspiring English sources

Mr. Wheeler said the money was spent on bid activities, not personal enrichment.

The scandal over the bid activities broke nearly five years ago and ultimately led to the departure, by resignation or dismissal, of 10 I.O.C. members.

The ethics panel's report, now nearly five years old, was the first comprehensive catalog of Welch's and Johnson's bid activities after the scandal broke in November 1998.

In an interview, Johnson reiterated that Salt Lake Olympic officials, who included high-profile civic leaders, had widely known and approved of his and Welch's bid activities and that they had committed no crimes.

The Justice Department's investigation into Salt Lake City's bid activities -- which began at the same time as the probes conducted by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, the I.O.C., and the United States Olympic Committee -- had netted plea agreements on tax violations from two others before the indictment against Welch and Johnson.

The move comes as bid activity in the gaming sector hots up.

The strength in the oil price had also lead to what it called "unprecedented levels of enquiries and bid activity".

The pharmaceutical and medical sector has been a hotbed of bid activity - real and imagined - recently, and Shire has been no exception.

The reasons for delay are well-known (the East Coast debacle, the exit of the chief executive, and on-off bid activity).

We share that view, and would point to the likely candidates as being Morgan Crucible Company and Bodycote International (both easy to identify due to previous bid activity) as well as, in our view, potentially Weir and Fenner.

Bulls on Ameron point to its exceptional balance sheet and strong growth prospects, with the company well-positioned to benefit from continued investment in oil and gas infrastructure that drives demand for its fiberglass pipe, improvement in water transmission bid activity and new orders for wind towers.