1.   The company is soliciting bids from various firms.

2.   That would allow him to avoid discussing his plans with publishers and soliciting bids, as his wife did.

3.   The National Telecommunications Commission said it will run new advertisements tomorrow soliciting bids for the concessions.

4.   Then he received an e-mail message from the Energy Department soliciting bids for the oil from the reserve.

5.   Westinghouse has been soliciting bids for all of its major units, said Heymann of NatWest Securities Corp.

6.   The company said it is soliciting bids, but will retain the business if it receives no acceptable offers.

7.   They decided that oil companies also can ensure true competition by soliciting bids from foreign companies that offer similar services.