41.   The bidders do not see whom they are bidding against.

42.   The idea was that companies would bid against one another for contracts to improve the pipes and poles and pumps and wiring.

43.   The Giants made some good opening offers and, basically, were bidding against themselves.

44.   The prospect of bidding against a company with the financial clout of Shell may scare off some potential bidders.

45.   The same poll found Riordan as the favorite in his re-election bid against Tom Hayden, a state legislator and former student radical.

46.   These companies would bid against one another for TransAmerican contracts.

47.   There used to be at least a couple of teams that would bid against the Yankees.

48.   This delectable poundcake sets the Zeta Tau Alpha sisters bidding against one another at their annual fund-raiser.

49.   Thomson-CSF is bidding against Daimler-Benz AG allied with British Aerospace Plc.

50.   To attract medical stars, hospitals can wind up bidding against each other, sometimes into the millions, threatening the cost savings that set them apart.