Sentence examples for mere bid from inspiring English sources

A mere bid for publicity, considering that Tesla hasn't, in any formal way, cut off the possibility of future lawsuits or opened up any of its proprietary secrets.

They suspect that they were mere "bid candy", inserted into A4e's pitch to the government so as tick the right big society boxes, but now all but marginalised.

While Victoria never feels like a mere bid for a championship medal, Schipper, Grøvlen and the cast and crew impress mightily with their energy, discipline and (a usually meaningless term among movie folk, but one that makes absolute sense here) commitment to "the moment".

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the site, may regard the designs as a mere opening bid in a public relations battle to get as much office space as possible in the redevelopment.

Intrastate pipelines over which Washington had no control could bid mere pennies more and keep the gas in-state.

Nevertheless the mere threat of a bid had greatly improved the firm's management.

In others, the bids were mere theatre, because construction had already begun.

He sings to the audience, from the old farmhand who keeps his callused hands down to the rich buyer who bids with mere flicks of a finger.

The requirement to reach joint estimates through discussion increased accuracy more than reaching agreement through a mere exchange of numerical "bids". However, even the latter procedure increased accuracy, relative to that of individual estimates (Study 1).

The winning bid was a mere $3,002,150.

The $1.3 billion bid offers a mere 14 percent premium.