| takeover bid | 34.04 | Half have faced takeover bids this year. | ||
| hostile bid | 23.04 | Kingfisher launched a hostile bid for Dixons. | ||
| presidential bid | 17.84 | Dole had lost another presidential bid. | ||
| higher bid | 7.70 | Gehe said it might make a higher bid. | ||
| new bid | 7.70 | It concluded with the new bid. | ||
| failed bid | 7.50 | A failed presidential bid. | ||
| winning bid | 7.04 | She did place the winning bid in person. | ||
| olympic bid | 6.25 | Beijing won the Olympic bid. | ||
| rival bid | 6.19 | It faces a strong rival bid from Japan. | ||
| joint bid | 6.06 | There are obstacles to a joint bid. | ||
| unsuccessful bid | 5.79 | It was his third unsuccessful presidential bid. | ||
| automatic bid | 5.40 | There are no automatic bids. | ||
| apparent bid | 5.33 | Troops were deployed in an apparent bid to prevent a bigger demonstration flaring. | ||
| competing bid | 5.20 | There could be competing bids anyway. | ||
| successful bid | 5.13 | The successful bid came from the London end. | ||
| first bid | 4.94 | It is the first agreed bid. | ||
| possible bid | 4.94 | Cairo is also weighing a possible bid. | ||
| highest bid | 4.67 | She had the highest bid. | ||
| final bid | 4.08 | Final bids are weeks away. | ||
| desperate bid | 3.95 | He made a desperate bid to save his job. |