Sentence examples for prepare a bid for from inspiring English sources

The Daily Telegraph reported that the consortium has approached bankers from Credit Suisse to prepare a bid for British Land that could be worth up to £10bn including debt.

Macron, a former investment banker who quit the Socialist government in August to prepare a bid for the presidency, has risen fast in opinion polls, but has never won elected office.

Highland Council is to be provided with £100,000 to help it prepare a bid for up to £300m of UK government City Deal funding.

The report added: "The health board will prepare a bid for additional funding from the Welsh government in 2013/14 and over a period of three to five years to enable these challenges to be addressed".

The announcement on Sunday was essentially a formality for Ms. Quinn, who has spent years preparing a bid for mayor.

Mr. Sommer refused to comment on talk that Deutsche Telekom was preparing a bid for Telecom Italia or Olivetti.

Britain's Glaxo Wellcome is rumoured to be preparing a bid for its compatriot, Zeneca, which itself is pledged to Astra of Sweden.

The Villepin government has been asked by Brussels to account for its actions after rumors surfaced that Enel, the Italian utility, was preparing a bid for Suez.

When Emma Walmsley addressed JP Morgan's healthcare conference in San Francisco last month, there was one burning question: was she preparing a bid for Pfizer's $17bn£12bnbn) consumer healthcare division?

Fiorentina midfielder Milan Badelj is another Serie A staple who is attracting admiring glances from Blighty, with Tottenham Hotspur believed to be preparing a bid for the Croatian.

New York is preparing a bid for 2012 based on schlepping athletes around the boroughs on buses and ferries and maybe even the subway.