Sentences with phrase «of a bidding war between»

They were trying to engineer some kind of bidding war between us and Chelsea, but that has not happened.

But it now appears that the Fluminense playmaker will not be the only player with that surname — admittedly spelt differently — that will be at the heart of a bidding war between English sides.

Wolverhampton Wanderers winger Matt Jarvis is about to become the subject of bidding war between Liverpool and Aston Villa.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts is currently the object of a bidding war between Marriott and China's Anbang Insurance Group.

The series recently hit the marketplace, and was soon the subject of a bidding war between major players industry - wide, according to reports.

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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.

Manchester City reportedly expect a bidding war to break out between European top clubs over securing the signing of Sergio Aguero this summer.

They will not get # 60 million for an out of sorts 29 - year - old with just six months left on his contract, but they might recoup around # 25 million, perhaps more if they can spark a bidding war between Man City and PSG.

Repeated wars in the Gaza Strip, the continued construction of housing units in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and Benjamin Netanyahu's provocative rhetoric during his most recent bid to win re-election have poisoned the relationship between Israel and the international community.

Once a rarity — representing between 3 and 4 per cent — homes sold through bidding wars tripled their market share during the real estate boom between 1995 and 2005, says the paper by two professors at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.

There was also a relationship between bidding war transactions and the use of real estate agents, the study found.

When: June 12th Why: Alfonso Gomez - Rejon's sophomore effort was one of the most talked - about movies at this year's Sundance Film Festival, igniting a bidding war between eight studios before eventually landing at Fox Searchlight.

Bidding on this last lot of the day started strongly but became tedious, with a drawn - out bidding war between an in - room bidder and a phone bidder racking up the last couple million dollars in increments of several hundred thousand at a time.

Everything about this debut novel is big; from the bidding war between ten publishers which led to an advance of nearly $ 2 million to its 944 page length and its pantheon of vivid characters who live in the New York City of the 1970s.

Most recently, No Time for Goodbye has been optioned for television in France, and in 2012, Trust Your Eyes was the object of a film rights bidding war between Universal and Warner Bros..

The big publishers keep track of such things, and when it came time for me to publish the second volume, there was a bidding war between Penguin, Harper Collins, and Crown for the trilogy.

Between bidding wars and the popularity of Bags & Baubles» coveted floral arrangements, the event is full of excitement and friendly competition.

At the time there was a bidding war between Chinese conglomerate Anbang and Marriott, both of which wanted to acquire Starwood.

Image Courtesy of Crave Online What Midway Games was hoping would start a high - price bidding war between companies turned out to be their only shot at purchase when Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment's late - May bid of $ 33 Million turned out to be the studio's only offer.

In the saleroom it sparked a bidding war between several Chinese buyers and smashed its pre-sales estimate of # 800,000 to # 1.2 million.

A bidding war between a Russian collector and an Indian collector saw the 3 to 5 million pound estimate of El Greco's «Saint Dominic in Prayer» almost double to reach an auction record for the artist of # 9,154,500 or about $ 14,000,000 USD.

«Void California: 1975 - 1989» organized by the students in the class of California College of the Arts 2016 Graduate Program in Curatorial Studies, along with professor Julian Myers - Szupinska at the Wattis Institute of Contemporary Art, looks at the work of Punk artists from the period between the aftermath of the Vietnam War and Ronald Reagan's first bid for the presidency.

Bruce MacEwen describes how all of the above are hot properties in the current bidding war for bodies and territory on both sides of the Atlantic between firms such as Linklaters and Allen & Overy that is leading to use of «words» such a «corporatised» and «super-niche.»

Most of the real estate activity has been between the $ 300,000 and $ 400,000 range, often attracting multiple offers and bidding wars primarily between younger buyers, Starck said.

The bidding war between Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management over the fate of General Growth Properties appears to have reached a stalemate, as the two firms are now offering similarly priced and structured reorganization plans for...

In the Greater Toronto Area, where bidding wars are more likely to occur, 57 per cent of respondents would consider offering up to 10 per cent over budget and 38 per cent would consider going over their budget by between 10 to 20 per cent.

Supply of inventory: Inventory shortages can often spark bidding wars between buyers where investors or buyers with more income can price out first - time buyers.

Due to the strength of the property, we were able to create a bidding war between several prospective buyers, resulting in an attractive price for a single student housing property.»