Sentence examples for encouraged bids from inspiring English sources
Insiders told Guardian Australia the department had actively encouraged bids from Australian companies and heavily indicated an appetite for a change in management.
A host of leading British companies have been sold to foreign owners in recent years as London's open market has encouraged bids from around the world.
It strongly encouraged bids from companies willing to take immediate physical delivery (successful bidders have until August 31st to collect their oil).
The Cabinet Office did not suggest ways in which the government is working to encourage bids from SMEs outside London.
And it could set back Pentagon efforts to encourage bids from foreign companies to create more competition and bring down the cost of weapons systems.
The NHS in England took such a step six years ago, when it parcelled up the major implementation work of the National Programme for IT in £1bn chunks - deliberately to encourage bids from overseas.
"This is very much a locally-driven process and we encourage bids from all local people with plans for improving broadband in their local area," said Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.
And the appealing estimate helped encourage bidding.
Sotheby's experts purposely kept estimates low to encourage bidding.
The idea this season is to keep estimates low enough to encourage bidding.
South American interest in Ms Varejao's work may also have had the benefit of spilling over into other parts of the sale, encouraging bidding from the region on works by Cindy Sherman and Eduardo Chillida.
