Sentence examples for bid claims from inspiring English sources

The land has now passed from the LDA to the mayor's office – Ken Livingstone, mayor of London at the time of the Olympic bid, claims "it would have been the start of municipal housing on a scale not seen since the 70s, but sadly that won't be happening now".

McDonald's officially contested the bid, claiming it discriminated against restaurants.

The bid claimed that the company had been operating for nine years.

Franz Beckenbauer has tentatively backed England's World Cup bid, claiming the country could stage football's showpiece event "tomorrow".

Snubbing it could affect England's chances of staging the 2006 World Cup, organisers of England's bid claimed.

The firm's initial bid claimed that the project would create "a new protective rim" around the mosque, and "avoid a rampant disorganized skyline around the holy area".

The three wise men from England, seeking votes ahead of Christmas for their bid, claim they were promised votes that were reneged upon.

Leaders of the bid claimed they were now "aggressively" pursuing the options to host big games at next year's Copa América Centenario.

The Foreign Office had attempted to thwart the bid, claiming the actions were brought outside the legal time limit and there were "irredeemable difficulties" in relation to the availability of witnesses and documents.

Bjorn Eriksson, a retired civil servant who was the president of Interpol from 1994 to 1996 before being appointed head of the proposed Gothenburg bid, claimed they were repeatedly promised by Diack that they would be given a chance to present their case.

However, Smith, who also gave evidence on Thursday and Friday, disputed some of the things Michel alleged that he said in their communication over the Sky bid, claiming the News Corp lobbyist had exaggerated the language he used.