1.   A federal court judge in Sao Paulo blocked the sale after ruling on a suit alleging that the bidding procedures were illegal.

2.   However, two competing firms, Transactive Corp. and Check Cashers Association of New York, claimed the state had not followed proper bidding procedures.

3.   Prison officials bypassed normal bidding procedures under the emergency order and authorized a Palm City engineering firm to begin immediate repairs and drill new wells.

4.   Proper bidding procedures were ignored.

5.   She assured parliament that all proper bidding procedures had been followed and that the European Union was paying for it.

6.   She declined to make any other comments about the bids or the bidding procedure.

7.   The company filed a lawsuit challenging the bidding procedure.

8.   The lawyers alleged that the bidding procedures were illegal.

9.   The Mariners won Suzuki, leadoff hitter and right fielder par excellence, in a new bidding procedure, and signed the largely unwanted Boone as a free agent.

10.   The two defendants said they had done nothing wrong and had simply been following longstanding bidding procedures.