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unsuccessful bid

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unsuccessful
adjective
uk /ˌʌn.səkˈses.fəl/ us /ˌʌn.səkˈses.fəl/
not achieving the hoped for result; ...
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bid
noun[C]
uk /bɪd/ us /bɪd/
an offer of a particular amount of money for something that is ...
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Examples of unsuccessful bid


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In her unsuccessfulbid to win a government pension she stressed the economic, rather than the maternal support she gave her nephews.
He is really worried about making an unsuccessfulbid in what may well turn out to be an election year.
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The chances of making an unsuccessfulbid have, of course, increased since the establishment of the new opportunities fund.
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Chevalier made a brief entry into politics with an unsuccessfulbid for the office of lieutenant governor in 1995.
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After an unsuccessfulbid for probate judge, he abandoned politics altogether.
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He made an unsuccessfulbid to the presidency in 1998.
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Womack held the seat until 1976, having relinquished it in an unsuccessfulbid for state agriculture commissioner.
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Her design and purpose was an ultimately unsuccessfulbid to keep sailing ships competitive with the steam ships that were becoming more common for freight transport purposes.
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Private partners will have to find ways to recover losses of unsuccessful bids by adding to the price of new projects.
This working paper estimated on page 28 that the cost of preparing unsuccessful bids varied from £10,000 to £23,000.
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For reasons of commercial sensitivity it is not the practice to reveal the sums involved in the unsuccessful bids.
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An interim report explored the level of resources committed by ten local partnerships, including those with local authority partners, which submitted unsuccessful bids.
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Their assessments are not published, but bidders are given comprehensive feedback on unsuccessful bids.
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The table lists those local authority areas that submitted (as part of local crime and disorder reduction partnerships) unsuccessful bids.
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Has anyone calculated what was the cost in time of county council staff in preparing the 1,002 unsuccessful bids?
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Among the unsuccessful bids were 192 by local authorities; a lot of money was wasted.
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Information about unsuccessful bids is commercially confidential.
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In addition to the bids included in these tables, there were a further 73 successful and 87 unsuccessful bids which covered more than one local authority area.
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The team has had unsuccessful bids for promotion to the premier division in 1972, 1979, 1981 and 1983.
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After three unsuccessful bids for city council in 1985, 1988, and 1991, he was elected for the city's second ward in 1994.
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