Sentence examples for bid to trigger a from inspiring English sources

That strategy was probably inspired by the attempts of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq, whose al-Qaeda affiliates' determined assaults on the Shia community in a bid to trigger a civil war drew criticism even from Osama bin Laden.

ON MAY 6th Ecuador's National Electoral Commission CNEE) rejected another 239,342 signatures collected by environmental activists in a bid to trigger a referendum on planned oil development in the Yasuní National Park.

The Gunners expected the bid to trigger a release clause in Suarez's contract, but his club insist it does not do so.

The government has insisted it will fight a bid to trigger prosecutions of former British ministers and senior military figures over alleged war crimes in Iraq.

Spurs' technical director Franco Baldini had flown to Spain to try and agree a fee for the 28-year-old but Valencia refused to budge on their asking price, meaning Tottenham will have to lodge a £26m bid to trigger his release clause if they want to bring the forward to White Hart Lane.

It is unsurprising therefore that banks' shareholders are unenthusiastic about them entering into deals that are expensive and difficult to complete and which may not yield the promised results.Given all the difficulties, do not expect UniCredit's bid for HVB to trigger a flurry of pan-European bank deals, even if it ultimately succeeds.

The bid comes two months after Unocal accepted a bid of $16.8 billion from Chevron and is expected to trigger a bidding war and to provoke a debate in Washington about the nation's trade policies with China and the role of the two governments in deals between companies in both countries.

The unusual bid of £40,000,001 was designed to trigger a clause in the 26-year-old Uruguay striker's contract.

if he's gone to Las Vegas to give a speech and try to trigger a bidding war, then, no, it doesn't bode well.

Two pension funds sued to block the vote hoping to trigger a bidding war between Hertz and the Avis Budget Group, whose offer of $46.50 per share in cash and stock topped Hertz's bid of $41 a share.

"He can either decide that he wants to be part of a solution or he can decide he wants to be part of a political issue and try to trigger a bidding war.