21.   The painting went to an unidentified collector who bid by telephone.

22.   The winner, who bid by telephone, was identified by the auction house only as a anonymous collector.

23.   Their bids will be used as starting prices and they can continue bidding by proxy on the Internet against those at the auction in person.

24.   When she wants to buy a painting for a client, she stays at home in Manhattan and bids by telephone.

25.   Work after work brought flurries of bidding, but most of the biggest spenders were bidding by telephone.

26.   Before the March bid by BNP, Axa had supported plans for a friendly merger between Societe Generale and Paribas.

27.   For example, it was suggested in the Quarterly Forum, that we invite bidding by private investors to build IPPs at the cheapest price.

28.   Liu said projects will be open to bidding by foreign builders as well as Chinese, with financial details publicized to reassure the public.

29.   Many Germans hope that the current peace bid by Russian security chief Alexander Lebed, will succeed, Kohl was quoted as telling Yeltsin.

30.   She filled out a form indicating interest in bidding by telephone when the dentures went up for sale.