Sentence examples for offer failed from inspiring English sources

In a sale of consistently frenzied bidding, only 2 of the 47 works on offer on offer failed to sell.

A recent offer failed to address the negative impacts of precarious work in academia that have allowed for the exploitation of lower level and non-tenured academic staff.

Despite having the backing of Coty's parent, Joh. A. Benckiser, and no less than Berkshire Hathaway itself, the offer failed amid strong opposition from Avon's board.

"The latest offer failed to do was give cast iron guarantees for future shift patterns – instead there were vague promises," he said.

A spokesman for Kiewit, the bridge project builder, said that after the city's bridge offer failed to attract prospective purchasers, the company had not considered putting it up for sale again.

Air Products' offer failed when Airgas resisted, and then Air Products lost a court case seeking to force Airgas to redeem its poison pill and allow Air Products to acquire the company.

Even if the new offer fails, the four investors — who together own 9 percent — have agreed to sell their holdings to Sprint.

The directors of the American biotech company argued that the offer fails to reflect the firm's portfolio of cancer drugs.

And given Mr. Icahn's interest, it does not appear that he is going to go away even if he loses this shareholder vote or if his tender offer fails.

"The Inmet Board has concluded that the First Quantum offer fails to adequately compensate shareholders for Inmet's low risk asset base and its strong prospects for growth and value creation at Cobre Panama," David R. Beatty, Inmet's chairman, said in a statement.

The current junior doctor contract offer fails to address many concerns junior doctors have and this goes beyond how much money we take home at the end of each month.