Sentence examples for opening bidding from inspiring English sources

Has it been sold in opening bidding ?

MobilCom, backed by France Telecom, held an early lead today in the opening bidding for "third generation" mobile phone licenses in Germany.

But Granovetter believes in sound opening bids, so she passed.

We believe these offers should be seen as opening bids.

Opening bids started as low as $149,000, or 60 percent off the previous asking price.

The signal that these are opening bids is in the qualifying language.

Opening bids of one of a suit promise 14 points or more.

Opening bids from donors are expected by mid-June, when the UN General Assembly holds a special session on AIDS.

Opening bids ranged from $1,000 — for a three-bedroom house — to $729,000, for a five-bedroom house on 11.9 acres.

While Mr. Cantor outlined the House-passed Ryan budget as Republicans' opening bid in the Blair House negotiations, he said little about the Medicare proposals, participants said.

What is more, unemployment is low and, judging by the unions' opening bids in pay negotiations from Germany to Italy, workers are demanding hefty wage increases.