Sentence examples for formidable bidder from inspiring English sources
And supported by the extensive financial resources of Hutchison and the technical expertise of NTT DoCoMo, Hutchison 3G will be a formidable bidder for the licenses scheduled to be auctioned at the end of the month in Germany and later in France and Belgium.
Some sources speculate this is because of the greater availability of bluefin tuna at another fish market in Japan this year, or due perhaps to other bidders backing out, intimidated by Kimura's formidable reputation at the auction.
One losing bidder said it was told by the consultant that its proposal was "so formidable" that the deadline for submitting bids would be extended to allow "other companies to respond," Mr. Thompson said.
Unless there are other bidders, Aetna will have to choose between negotiating with WellPoint and ING, a unit of the ING Group of the Netherlands, or trying to solve its formidable problems internally.
But formidable obstacles remain.
The foes were formidable.
They face formidable problems.
Who was the highest bidder?
Tata was the successful bidder.
