Sentence examples for bid backed from inspiring English sources

Royal Dutch/Shell said its bid, backed by Fletcher's board, was "firm and final".

In Hamburg, NOlympia overcame a bid backed by the mayor and the chamber of commerce.

And, in any event, Mr Arafat's bid, backed by the Islamic world, for full sovereignty over Temple Mount would plainly be unacceptable to any Jewish leader.

Morrisons suffered some profit taking, down 1.2p at 240.9p, after earlier moving higher on renewed talk of a possible buyout bid backed by private equity.

The Yorkshire bid, backed by the local tourism authority, beat rival pitches from Edinburgh and Florence to host the opening stages of the Tour.

The offer beat a bid backed by bondholders, whose refusal to deal with Mr. Trump in February led him to resign as chairman.

Ofcom originally awarded the Birmingham licence to local outfit City TV Broadcasting in November 2012, rejecting proposals from rival bids backed by heavyweights including former BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons.

Endogenizing the payment method reveals that security (e.g., stock) bids carry lower premiums than cash bids, backed by competitive financing.

"I got involved with the bid back in 2003, so it's really nine years," he said.

Can Beckford re-discover his shooting boots in time to put his team's automatic promotion bid back on track?

But his sharp tongue (and elbows) won him few friends—hence the failure of his bid back in 1992 to become deputy leader of the party.