Sometimes the auctioneer sets a minimum amount by which the next bid must exceed the current highest bid.
All the Chinese people should collaborate on the application for the 2010 exposition bid in Shanghai.
The ill-timed revelation not only stalled his own bid for freedom, but also stunted his identity.
Mr Putin seemed more irked by what he called the "foolish" extradition bid than by the substance of the case.
Then his brother Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, made a bid for the throne of Sicily, and Henry demanded still more money from his subjects to support Edmund's cause.
Engineers had spent days pumping heavy drilling fluid into the leaking well head on the ocean floor in a high-pressure bid to smother the gushing crude and ultimately seal the well with cement.
I bid four diamonds.
We believe we can achieve more than any other bid.
Any user can create a bid for an auction and the owner of the auction may accept or reject any bid.
During the bidding process, the bid cities can not use Olympic marks for international publicity or advertisement;
Critics say he alienated Congress by initially refusing to submit to any oversight, supporters that this was only an opening bid.
In another bid to ease the overcrowding in Dadaab, Edwards says the UNHCR and its partners are working to expand an area, formerly known as Ifo II, to shelter the ever-increasing refugee arrivals.
He bid three spades.
The signs bid fair for a profitable deal.
The first bid can not be lower than five million dollars .
Under the market-making system, market makers are appointed to quote two-way prices (bid/offer) during normal money market trading hours for Exchange Fund paper.
From the moment you arrive at the stairway to the Neptune Pool until you bid farewell to your guides at the magnificent, golden and blue Roman Pool, you are reminded that a man had a dream.
They made a takeover bid for the company.
Observers quickly detected a bid by the mayor to drive a wedge between Mr Medvedev and Mr Putin.
All bids must be accompanied by a bid security of two per cent (2%) of total bid price OR stated fixed amount and must be delivered in accordance with the instructions to Bidders on or before (Hours) on (Date), and will be publicly opened immediately thereafter.
No bidder shall be permitted to alter his bid after the bid has been open.
Some foreign construction firms did not bid for the Panama City metro contract, fearing the tender was rigged.
On their part, Noghes and Loscertales agreed that it is of significance for China to bid for the world exposition and Shanghai's bidding work has been well done so far.
The very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.
Do as I bid you.
But Mr Abbas has promised that, after his UN bid, he will restart talks on forming a government with Hamas, which loathes the secular Mr Fayyad.
And so is pollen. Local plants put forth an abundance of the stuff in a bid to ensure their continued existence, even in the hardest concrete jungles.
But there is also a "China price" at the top end of the market, as rich Chinese bid up the price of rare, luxury goods to levels that make western rivals go pale and slink out of the auction room.
We were bid to a river party-not to be preached at.
If there is a takeover battle, the aspiring purchasers must bid against each other, and the highest bidder pays his bid to the bank.
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