Sentence examples for bid in effect from inspiring English sources

Olivetti's bid, in effect, proposes its managers as the best for the job.

The government's reluctance to bid, in effect, against itself.Other parts of the financial system are no more transparent.

On Dec. 20 the British court denied Highberry's bid, in effect ruling that Colt's creditors are not currently in danger and that the company is solvent.

A successful bid would in effect mean that a privatised British rail service had been renationalised overseas.

They were not allowed to use existing spectrum for 3G, and no other new spectrum was on offer; so they were bidding, in effect, for the right to stay in business.

But as investors are likely to shun firms with uncertain investment management, the unit price could be on a "bid basis" - in effect 5% lower than usual - to reflect managers' inability to find new investors to replace those leaving.

So by plumping for a 2022 World Cup in Qatar (which like China is part of the Asian Football Confederation), a Chinese bid for 2026 is in effect ruled out, barring a change in the rules.

Even if the Buccaneers were, in effect, bidding against themselves, Dominik called the opportunity to make a trade of this magnitude "rare and unique".

But more insidious in the short term is the fact that the unlimited expansion of any popular school, a coalition policy in the last parliament, means there is nothing to stop existing grammar schools bidding to open "annexes" (in effect new selective schools) locally.

Sony's decision to hold this annual convention, known as Dream World, in Paris is, in effect, a bid by one of the world's best-known companies to reintroduce itself to its third-largest market.

An alteration to the proposal would encourage stockmarkets to disclose more bid and offer prices and thus in effect oblige brokers to look through different markets for all prices, not just the best ones, when they are filling orders.