Sentences with phrase «of a bidding war as»

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They searched as far afield as Vaughan, about 40 km north of Toronto, to make an offer on a house but found themselves in a bidding war with 12 others.

We may now see a bidding war evolve, as the news of Comcast's formal offer sent Sky's shares up to # 13.59.

- Recent precedent transactions — namely, PayPal's takeover of Xoom, the # 2 digital money transfer provider, and the bidding war for MoneyGram, the # 2 global retail C2C money transfer provider — highlight WU as substantially undervalued.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

I meant 04 of course, but hey, who knows, maybe in a parallel universe, Bush won in 08 as a write in and in 2012 we're at war with China and Australia and backed by our allies North Korea and Chile in a bid to control the newly formed territory of Middle Eastfrica and to avenge our fallen Icelandic comrades.

A three - way contest war for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, interest in Wesfarmers» insurance business, which was picked up by Insurance Australia Group, and a bidding war for Commonwealth Property Office Fund, are significant as there has not been much of a competitive process outside the infrastructure space for three years.

NSW - based Bega Cheese, which owns 18.7 per cent of WCB, conceded defeat in the takeover race this week, as the bidding war pushed the takeover price from $ 320 million to $ 533 million and out of its reach.

If this with leaked with the sole purpose to fuel a bidding war, the Raiders being all but out and the Jets being a favorite make more sense, as the Jets have a ton of cap space and just as many, if not more, questions at CB.

Nevertheless, Celtic are said to be feeling confident about their chances of keeping the talented youngster, as per the report, albeit if only until the end of the season, and are likely to see a bidding war sparked given the on - going interest shown from the likes of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.

Some of it went to win the bidding war for Hedberg and Nilsson, who put themselves on the NHL market as a package, à la Koufax and Drysdale.

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This would be great news for Arsenal FC and would give us Arsenal fans some great ammunition to fire at our counterparts on the red half of Merseyside in the banter wars over the summer and into next season, especially as it would be the second time in a couple of seasons that it happened and after the way they took the mickey about our transfer bid for Luis Suarez it would be ironic to say the least.

However, it's expected that a bidding war could be sparked now, with all the clubs mentioned above interested in bolstering their attacking options ahead of the upcoming campaign, and have been singled out by Italian media as interested parties.

The manager hinted strongly that his club had failed in competing for players with the Premier League leaders, and even named Kyle Walker as one of those who they had won a bidding war with Conte's club for.

The news comes as QPR continue negotiations with Mark Hughes about succeeding Neil Warnock as manager, with the hope that a new boss can reignite the fortunes of Taarabt, who has been on the fringes this term, having fired the R's to promotion from the Championship the season before.A deal with French money bags Paris Saint - Germain looked like going through in the summer, but Taarabt later blamed political differences for the transfer ultimately collapsing, leaving him frustrated at having to stay in England.The mercurial Moroccan has interest from a host of top European clubs, but his conduct in the last few months, including walking out of QPR's 1 - 0 win over Chelsea at half - time and consistently admitting he wants to leave, have left many questioning his attitude and professionalism.However, Qatari side Al - Sadd have not been put off, and made their move for Taarabt last week, only to pull out of a deal after being told it would take a whopping # 15 million to convince them to sell.That sort of figure also rules out Newcastle and Aston Villa as potential destinations, with the thought now that QPR will hang on to Taarabt until at least the summer, where they hope Taarabt could spark a bidding war, after being rejuvenated under a new manager and firing the club to Premier League safety.

Tall, powerful and quick, Larin fits the bill as a Premier League centre forward, and with German sides such as Wolfsburg and Hertha Berlin also reportedly monitoring his progress a bidding war could be about to break out for this young man with bags of potential.

Whether Arsenal restore their interest genuinely remains to be seen, as the Gunners are linked with a host of midfielders from across Europe - and a bidding war for Gundogan could get very, very expensive and Arsenal will want to avoid that.

Tasini's only hope in 2006 was the WFP, which has a lot of very liberal stakeholders who were against the war and upset with Clinton for her support of it, seeing that support as a largely politically calculated vote in advance of her likely (and then fulfilled) 2008 presidential bid.

But the Democrats should have the edge in a bidding war, since the electoral math will probably be much easier for each of the members in their own districts if they're running as Democrats against Republicans than the other way around.

That same month, in a bid to set the party back on course, Clegg launched what later became known as his «masochism strategy» — a nod to the phrase Tony Blair used to describe his own encounters with angry voters around the time of the Iraq war in 2003.

As a relatively new MP, Smith has the advantage of being untouched by the legacy of the Iraq War, an issue which may damage Eagle's leadership bid.

He served as a spy in World War I and made a bid to become king of Albania.

But bidding war sales still represent twice as much of market share as they used to.

Acquired by Amazon Studios for $ 12 million after a heated bidding war, «The Big Sick» is drawn from the life of «Silicon Valley» actor Kumail Nanjiani, who stars as a younger (but present - day) version of himself.

But once the war is over, the guns land in the hands of the criminal underworld as tools to carry out their bidding.

As we fast approach the end of the first chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Avengers: Infinity War and next year's Avengers 4, it is expected that we'll be bidding farewell to some of our favourite heroes as contracts expire, actors move on, and the landscape of the MCU shifts towards some newer faceAs we fast approach the end of the first chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Avengers: Infinity War and next year's Avengers 4, it is expected that we'll be bidding farewell to some of our favourite heroes as contracts expire, actors move on, and the landscape of the MCU shifts towards some newer faceas contracts expire, actors move on, and the landscape of the MCU shifts towards some newer faces.

Set during the height of the Iraq War, David Packouz (Miles Teller), a struggling masseuse - cum - travelling carpet salesman, meets childhood bestie Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill), an Iraq arms dealer who exploits the little - known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on private contracts on military arsenal — it's in the archival visuals of Iraq soldiers military gear paraded as visual merchandisers, that accompanies the aforementioned prologue, that has some genuinely startling financial statistics.

The film also stars the «Looper» actor as a modern - day New Jersey Casanova, who's unable to form real relationships with women due to his porn addiction, but begins to soften up after meeting two women, a younger girl (Scarlett Johansson) and an older classmate (Julianne Moore), and we'd picked it out as one of the films likely to spark a bidding war.

It used to be a project with this kind of clout and buzz would spark at bidding war at the major studios, but the streaming service Netflix has solidified itself as a major player that can run with the «big dogs» so to speak, and nabbing Bright was a huge coup.

The children of Thanos - AKA, the Black Order or the Cull Obsidian in the comics, as introduced in the 2013 Infinity arc - are Thanos» lieutenants who do his bidding and while they're referred to as his children in Infinity War, he clearly doesn't have the same feelings for them as he does for Gamora or even Nebula.

Half - formed and not really resembling the adult version of itself, Tadpole recasts better movies as situation comedies and in so doing locates itself as a pretty nice (unoriginal) idea with few aspirations beyond inspiring a bidding war at Sundance for its furtive parsing.

If you are determined to avoid any and all Star Wars: Episode VIII details, lest any of them potentially be construed as a spoiler, then I wish you good luck and bid you leave this post behind.

As head ape Caesar stands atop the rubble of a symbolic tower toppled moments before in a last ditch attempt by fearful humans to wipe out his kind, human benefactor Malcolm (Jason Clarke) confronts him in a fruitless bid to stop further fighting saying, «War isn't what [he] want [s].»

Ayer's original screenplay sparked a bidding war among studios earlier this year, and Jon Bernthal recently described the film as «one of the darkest war movies ever made.»

As Netflix intensifies its efforts to become more of a player in film acquisition and distribution, it's entering more bidding wars for projects.

Although the two countries are not at war, many British privateers (acting as lawless pirates who strip Spanish ships of their gold and slaves) known as «Sea Hawks» are unofficially doing Queen Elizabeth's bidding.

He supervised the production of films including George Clooney's 2005 Best Picture nominee Good Night, and Good Luck; the critically acclaimed family film and 2006 NAACP Image Award nominee Akeelah and the Bee, starring Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett; dark thriller Turistas, for which domestic rights were sold to Fox Atomic in a pre-emptive bid within hours of the film's first screening; James Gray's crime thriller We Own the Night, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall and Eva Mendes, which ranked as the largest - ever domestic sale at Cannes; and The Road, an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize - winning novel starring Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron and Robert Duvall, which pre-sold to The Weinstein Company in a multi-party bidding war.

Several freelance IDs say they see more and more of a bidding - war environment than they have in the past — even when pitching to direct clients, as opposed to staffing agencies.

Both women risked certain danger as they journeyed to and from the field of war, but for Jule, the hazards of travel also brought knowledge and opportunity, and she eventually made a daring bid for freedom.

Someone has noticed Langton's connections to the major players in the Border disputes, and has recruited him in their bid to control the hierarchy of the Border families - someone who would use the lovers as pawns in a game of war.

Since most people consider it a bad time to sell, there's less inventory at this time of year and, as a result, I've seen some of the fiercest bidding wars in January and February — of course, this depends on where your home is located and the list price.

Two - thirds of our franchisees also felt that bidding wars will become less common in major markets, such as Toronto and Vancouver — which is great news if you're in one of Canada's hot markets.

When a renovated house is priced low, it is a good indication that the owners are looking for a bidding war — they want to get as much money as possible out of the sale.

They searched as far afield as Vaughan, about 40 km north of Toronto, to make an offer on a house but found themselves in a bidding war with 12 others.

As a result, there are plenty of bidding wars in this neighbourhood, despite the communities higher average house price.

«War Dragons: All Things Burn» documents Gustav's rise to power through his own eyes, as well as through the viewpoint of Ash, a commander in Gustav's Blackblood Army who after years of doing Gustav's bidding, is orchestrating a revolution to take back her homeland.

Once again we step into the well - used boots of Karl Fairbourne, the gruffest man to ever gruff his way across World War II as he gets himself involved with the partisans and even the mob, all while doing the bidding on his superiors when it comes to taking down high - value targets, be they of the fleshy kind or the big gun kind.

Last evening's Post War sale at Sotheby's carried a strong and confident energy straight from the start as the Principal Auctioneer and the Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art of Sotheby's, Tobias Meyer held fantastic pace, pausing just enough to draw out another bid with his signature «I have five million — say five million - five»!

Giovanni Anselmo's Torsione, executed in 1968, wowed the still - gathering audience as Lot 1, inspiring a bidding war that pushed the sculpture from a presale estimate of $ 600,000 — 800,000 to a whopping $ 6.4 million, far exceeding his previous record of $ 441,425.

Dan bared his teeth in a sinister grin and bade me farewell as he set out to make an example of his prisoner of war.