Sentence examples for bid to position from inspiring English sources

The first Kepler disc, issued by New World in 2006, made a compelling bid to position Mr. Johnston's canon among the most striking accomplishments in American music.

His motives are unclear: it looks like a bid to position her to run for the governorship next year, though she failed even to come close in 2000.

The venture is the latest example of how Asian airlines are racing to beef up their business in a bid to position themselves for an expected surge in demand for flight services in the region.

The tennis was mostly terrific, as might have been expected given the dramatis personae, but what was less foreseeable was the organisers' relentless bid to position tennis as the new rock'n'roll.

Last night, Paul Ryan, in his bid to position himself as the bright new hope of the conservative movement, distanced himself from Mitt Romney — a man of "a full generation apart" — by way of Romney's playlist, which, Ryan suggested, is best heard in an elevator.

By Virginia Cannon August 30 , 2012Last night, Paul Ryan, in his bid to position himself as the bright new hope of the conservative movement, distanced himself from Mitt Romney — a man of "a full generation apart" — by way of Romney's playlist, which, Ryan suggested, is best heard in an elevator.

With China's economy booming, Shanghai is bidding to position itself as a global financial and cultural center.

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Ferrari's early bid to put Fernando Alonso on pole position by way of using Felipe Massa to offer him a slipstream ended in disaster when Alonso's rear anti-roll bar failed in the final period of qualifying, leaving the championship leader marooned in tenth while Lewis Hamilton took pole.

Instead it keeps ducking and diving, changing its excuses each time in a desperate bid to justify its position.

Ryanair's efforts to make amends are part of a bid to cement its position against rival easyJet, which recently reported a 51 per cent increase in pre-tax profit.