31. The duo lost a bidding contest to North West Water Plc, which agreed to pay 1.8 billion pounds. 32. The offer could signal a bidding contest for Southern Water, which shares many of the same customers as Southern Electric. 33. The central bank is schedule to sell 3.3 billion pesos of treasury bills tonight in its weekly bidding contest . 34. Norfolk Southern's bidding contest with CSX Corp . for rail-transport company Conrail Inc . continued this week. 35. Shares in potential French buyers Lagardere SCA and Alcatel Alsthom SA fell on concern a bidding contest will raise their costs. 36. You know this merger business has gone too far when a steel company suddenly is the target of a bidding contest . 37. These corporations would, of course, never commit unethical acts such as bribing business contacts to influence a bidding contest . 38. Alarmed at the bitterness of the campaign, FIFA had seriously considered cutting short the bidding contest by a few months. 39. Analysts have predicted a bidding contest could push the price as high as 800 pence ( dlrs 13.20 ). 40. Navantia submitted to Philippines the sophisticated patrol " Avante 1800 " to qualify for a bidding contest in 2013. 