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In 2012, a bidding war for GMG Radio – the third largest radio group in the UK – resulted in Global Radio paying £70m for the barely profitable operation.
At the time, OGN was bidding for a lucrative contract to build an oil rig component for Maersk.
In 2004, Lord Coe, chairman of the Olympic bidding committee, Ken Livingstone, London's then mayor, and John Biggs, then deputy chair of the London Development Agency, signed an "Ethical Olympics Pledge" in return for local support, giving guarantees on housing, jobs and training, and the promise that 30% of construction jobs would be set aside for local people.
In a move that is likely to see trawlerloads of sarcasm sent up to Humberside, the town that on Saturday saw its football team promoted to the Premier League is bidding to become the UK's 2017 city of culture.
The accusations against Jaruzelski remain that he betrayed Poland and was acting at Moscow's bidding when he declared martial law to crush the Solidarity movement, and that he turned to reform only because circumstances in the communist camp forced him to change course.
But the rise of Ukip in the polls, so evident at and after Eastleigh, is not the sole reason politicians of all parties are competing in what begins to sound dangerously like a bidding war over immigration.
There have been some voices calling for Fifa to revisit the bidding process for 2018, notably coming from the English FA, but also in Kiev, where many feel Russia's actions in Ukraine over the past 18 months should preclude them from hosting the tournament.
Tory Anna Soubry and the Green party's Caroline Lucas, who are defending their seats in Broxtowe and Brighton, were also identified as supporters of same-sex unions in leaflets, while Tory Craig Whittaker, bidding to retain the seat of Calder Valley, was the subject of a leaflet celebrating him as an opponent of equal marriage, which became law in March 2014.
No other team could offer an already signed player a new contract, thus preventing bidding wars and keeping salaries low.
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.
Councils and housing associations bidding for funding to develop new affordable homes will have to show that they are bringing in other resources to fund housebuilding.
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The primary grammatical function of "bidding" is as a noun , often referring to the process of making offers in a competitive setting. Ludwig AI indicates the word is perfectly usable. The examples showcase its use in various contexts like World Cup "bidding" or contract "bidding".
Expression frequency: Very common
