41.   The competing bids were submitted last Monday.

42.   The group beat out, by a wide margin, two competing bids, in a public auction at the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines.

43.   The International Olympic Committee selected Beijing over competing bids from Toronto, Paris, Istanbul and Osaka.

44.   The Florida Department of Transportation said it awarded Florida Overland Express the tentative franchise to build the rail over four competing bids.

45.   The permits for Piedras Negras, Monterrey, Saltillo and Nuevo Laredo were issued to existing distributors without competing bids, the CRE said.

46.   The purpose of such agreements, of course, is to head off competing bids.

47.   The Spanish state airline is reviewing the American offer and a competing bid from Houston, Texas-based Continental Airlines Inc.

48.   The state can seek competing bids for the development of the test from private companies, she said.

49.   There were no competing bids on the house, and the deal was never brought to the attention of the public real estate market.

50.   There could be competing bids anyway.