Sentence examples for make a competing from inspiring English sources

But prompted by Sacramento's mayor, the former N.B.A. player Kevin Johnson, a rival investment group was hastily assembled to make a competing offer.

SanDisk Chief Executive Eli Harari gave no encouragement on Thursday to those who hoped his company would make a competing offer to buy Lexar Media, according to Forbes.com.

To reduce the likelihood of a third party's disrupting the deal, Bank of America and FleetBoston granted each other options to buy almost 20percentt of the other's shares, a provision that would make it expensive for another bank to make a competing offer.

They've been working all weekend (I suspect they canceled their Super Bowl tickets last minute) to find someone, anyone, to make a competing offer.

Clayton postponed its shareholder vote on July 16 to give Cerberus time to make a competing bid.

That is what happened in the case of Schiff Nutrition, where the Reckitt Benckiser Group was able to make a competing bid.

"Whilst we need to establish the truth about the role of the permanent secretary, many will question how the DRD minister was able to offer defence for the permanent secretary and in less than 24 hours make a compete U-turn," she added.

A proper-sized iron will fit on a horn-stump (if present) and the burner should make a compete ring around the horn-bud.

"I believe I made a competing bid that was superior.

Sierra Wireless makes a competing device, an Overdrive, that works on Sprint's 4G data network.

Merv Griffin, the television host and producer, made a competing high-priced offer.