(1) The agency is a lead bidder for eight regional contracts under the government's Flexible New Deal (FND) programme, starting next autumn, which will pay contractors according to successful job placements.
(2) The other two shortlisted bidders, Abellio and Keolis, backed by the Dutch and French state railways, bid far less even than Virgin.
(3) Bidders have spent an estimated £1m each on their bids but, according to one industry source, the process has stalled and franchise owners are being forced to retain expensive but idle bidding teams.
(4) And, crucially, the bidders believe BBC3 must continue to exist as a TV channel – not just a website – if that pioneering history is to continue.
(5) Powell said the atmosphere in the saleroom went from excitement, to disappointment – as various bidders dropped out – to disbelief at the rocketing price.
(6) July 2012: Deadline is extended for proposals to be submitted by bidders – four are ultimately shortlisted, although West Ham is the only real viable option.
(7) Administration of estradiol in Bidder's organectomized toad showed more or less similar result as the control animal.
(8) The outside spending has even become its own campaign issue, as Grimes sought to link McConnell with the notorious Koch brothers (a cause McConnell only helped with his June speech to a Koch brothers funded group in which he promised to not take up legislation on the minimum wage, equal pay or student loan reform) and accuse him of “selling out to the highest bidder”.
(9) The East End club remain confident that any remaining issues can be ironed out and on Wednesday took another step towards relocating to Stratford after they were named the highest-ranked bidder for the £429m venue.
(10) With multiple financial interests in HMV's future, therefore, Universal is likely to emerge as a potential bidder for at least parts of the high street business.
(11) I was still the top bidder, and I was hoping it would hold out.
(12) The vendor had invited sealed bids, to delivered on the day the result was announced, and the winning bidder had offered more than the asking price.
(13) Such is the case with the latest stage of the Ministry of Justice's consultation paper on legal aid reform: in the face of serious and widespread opposition from lawyers and the public, the proposed tendering of legal aid contracts to the lowest bidder has been scrapped, yet much of the equally unpopular plan remains.
(14) In August, after several delays, the commission named the People's Lottery as preferred bidder and excluded Camelot from the running.
(15) The Russian business daily Vedomosti in 2009 analysed scores of tenders for Olympic contracts and discovered that the majority of bids were very close to the maximum the state said it would pay, and in many cases bidders were barred from running, leaving one company to claim the contract.
(16) The report reveals that the BBC paid out an extra £31m to accept the £210m Land Securities tender over the nearest shortlisted bidder, then spent another £60.9m fitting out the building with state-of-the-art technology and furniture.
(17) That is especially so if the bidder is from the US, where the legal system makes hostile takeovers from non-American companies difficult.
(18) The virtuous part is expected to be sold to a private bidder after the general election.
(19) I'm David Dimbleby and with me is Bob McKenzie and today we're inviting you to vote on whether Manchester United should make Wayne Rooney stay or turf him out the door in the company of the highest bidder.
(20) Also under the spotlight is the vote for the 1998 World Cup in France, over alleged bribes paid by one of the losing bidders, Morocco, and the organisation of the 2014 World Cup.
Birder
Definition:
(n.) A birdcatcher.
Example Sentences:
(1) Birders the world over know that the best birds are often found in the most unlikely places, with sewage farms, rubbish tips and yes, cemeteries, all more promising than you might imagine.
(2) Following the trails through the campsite’s huge garden is a fascinating wander in itself, especially for birders.
(3) With the harrier comes what they call ‘the pig circus’ – us lot, the RSPB, the birders, the wildlife-crime copper.
(4) "He had no education but was a very intelligent man, a great walker and birder, a curmudgeonly leftwing atheist who even back then wasn't homophobic or racist.
(5) The estuary is a magnet for birders who delight in spotting both resident and migrant species.
(6) It really identified what a valuable resource Malta could be for birds and birders,” he said.
(7) The song-filled northward migration in mid-May has evolved into a famous birder festival.
(8) This autumn they have been recorded the length of the islands, from the north of Lewis, where a chimney swift was seen for several days, to Barra, where a scarlet tanager – a first for Scotland – brought birders flocking to the island at the beginning of the month.
(9) Birders Against Wildlife Crime was made for you, Sandy, so you can agitate for more legislative powers against wildlife criminals and crimes.
(10) Malta, a hotspot for illegal bird hunting, became the focus of a campaign by birders including BBC broadcaster Chris Packham in May , and the recent nomination of a member of the Maltese government as the EU’s new environment commissioner sparked fresh controversy over the country’s wildlife crime record .
(11) The park also offers regular guided bird walks for beginner birders of all ages.
(12) The researchers drew on more than a century of observations from birders as well as a 40-year historical record from the US Geological Survey, combining the data with 17 climate models.
(13) And as my old friend David Lindo – aka The Urban Birder – always says, to see birds in any city, you just need to look up!
(14) Barra came up with a grey-cheeked thrush, while a hermit thrush spotted on North Uist provided splendid photo opportunities both for local birders and for those who braved the weather to fly to the islands for a chance to see it.
(15) But while the arrival of unexpected rarities is a matter of excitement for many birders, with truly dedicated twitchers occasionally going so far as to charter planes in the hope of adding a particular species to their lists, there is a sadness about these sightings, for the outlook for the majority of birds when driven so far off course by storms is not bright.