21.   Mountain Gravel then solicited bids from subcontractors for the guardrail portion of the contract.

22.   Next month, it will solicit bids to supply digital base-stations and transmission towers.

23.   Online auction houses like ebay.com and www.onsale.com allow you to solicit bids on items like hardware and software.

24.   Solicit bids from several reputable companies before you choose one.

25.   So three years ago, the South African government began an experiment in privatization, soliciting bids to build and manage four prisons here.

26.   The agreement, which must be ratified by shareholders, also permits National Gypsum to solicit competing bids through the end of June.

27.   The bill passed instead with a provision requiring the Air Force to solicit bids for a contract to care for the apes.

28.   The Board of Education plans to begin soliciting bids for the school buses any day now, with school buildings to follow.

29.   The city must survey the hydrants, draw up plans and maps for their removal, find money in the budget for the job and solicit bids.

30.   The committee said Merrill Lynch traded stocks of companies while it solicited bids for new shares, convertible bonds or warrant bonds as part of an underwriting.