1.   An oversight board would solicit bids from private plans, asking them how much they would charge to cover participants.

2.   As a result, the department was forced to solicit new bids on the oil, a process that will delay its delivery to market by a month.

3.   As superintendent of the Lorena school district, Woodrow Brewton worked last year to gather a coalition of Central Texas districts to solicit bids from insurance companies.

4.   Bids will be solicited by the end of the year.

5.   Bids were solicited and eight finalists were interviewed before the task force unanimously recommended Algen.

6.   A company such as American Express, a Tradex customer, would use the technology to solicit bids for office supplies and other needs.

7.   After some discussion about the merits of the idea, officials solicited bids from three marketing consultants, settling on DeRose, Ms. Wilson said.

8.   But no matter -- the United Nations in New York solicits bids before drawing up a contract.

9.   Butler led the investor alliance that solicited bids for BDDP.

10.   Continental officials said it decided to hire investment bank Smith Barney Inc. to solicit other bids to see if it could get a better offer.