It points out that it ignores bids, offers and deals that are anomalous or suspicious.
But once in office, he showed little persistence in pushing his proposal, which turned out to be anything but a ban: It did not apply to law firms, and freeholders would still be free to ignore bidding results and choose whomever they liked.
Murdoch might have been teasing a rival and tweaking the I.O.C., which scorned and ignored his bid for the 2000 Sydney Summer Games.
The County Legislature's Republican minority said the administration had ignored competitive bidding and legislative oversight in issuing permits to the camps.
Disillusioned when the party ignored his bid for help when he ran for public office, Watts changed his party affiliation in 1989, saying he felt left out by the Democratic Party.
Although Roche has extended the offer four times, Ventana has ignored the bid, calling it too low.
But after his father's death, the Congress ignored his bid for the chief minister's post and he quit, accusing the party of humiliating him and his family.
8 When infants sit in one place and try to share an object by holding it up, mothers typically respond by ignoring infants' bids or affirming what they did, such as by saying "thank you;" less frequently, they name the object, such as by saying "oh, an orange ball;" sometimes they give action directives, such as by saying "put the block in first".
Winston McKenzie, Ukip's former Commonwealth spokesman, accused the party of ignoring his bid to be chosen as a candidate for London Mayor and said he was being blocked from progressing in the party because of racism in the "higher echelons" of Ukip.
