Sentence examples for represented a bid from inspiring English sources

It represented a bid for membership in the international community of advanced industrial production.

Mr. Lourd, who represented a bid organized by Bob and Harvey Weinstein and the investor Ron Burkle, worked phones, rattled cages, poured on charm when things got sticky and lobbied the Disney chief executive, Robert A. Iger — until talks fell apart, and Disney moved on to the next prospective buyer.

Mr. Bush's train trip through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, which he was scheduled to tour on Sunday, represented a bid to win swing states that had voted Democratic in the last two presidential elections, and Mr. Bush made a point at several stops today to mention that his campaign was open to independents and Democrats, and he beckoned them aboard.

Nelson said the lawsuits represented a bid by Scott "to stop every legal vote from being counted," and showed that his opponent was panicking.

The plan represents a bid for federal support to transform the service into a high-speed rail operation.

The red is not just intended to catch the eye; it represents a bid to reclaim red as the color for Tylenol, as it is for Coca-Cola.

Just as "Green Lantern" is an effort by Mr. Reynolds to redefine his career, the picture represents a bid by the studio to create a superhero franchise outside of Gotham City or Metropolis.

The proposal represents a bid by the authorities in Brussels to take more control over a sector where countries zealously guard their sovereignty and where powerful utilities still dominate a number of crucial markets.

Or might an apparent backing for the Tory position of wanting to cut the deficit faster and further than Labour is planning represent a bid to ingratiate himself with the likely next government?

The Doctor's antics in 1992 New York represent a bid to remedy the damage done to the city in The Angels Take Manhattan (potentially an attempt to find the Pond-Williams', now he's on his own again?).

That phone, which runs Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, represents a bid by Microsoft and Nokia to return to relevance in the smartphone market, after being marginalized by Apple and Google's Android system.