unsuccessful bid

collocation in English

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unsuccessful
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.səkˈses.fəl/us
/ˌʌn.səkˈses.fəl/
not achieving the hoped for result; ...
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bid
noun[C]
uk
/bɪd/us
/bɪd/
an offer of a particular amount of money for something that is ...
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In herunsuccessfulbidto win a government pension she stressed the economic, rather than the maternal support she gave her nephews.
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He is really worried about making anunsuccessfulbidin what may well turn out to be an election year.
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The chances of making anunsuccessfulbidhave, of course, increased since the establishment of the new opportunities fund.
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Chevalier made a brief entry into politics with anunsuccessfulbidfor the office of lieutenant governor in 1995.
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After anunsuccessfulbidfor probate judge, he abandoned politics altogether.
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He made anunsuccessfulbidto the presidency in 1998.
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Womack held the seat until 1976, having relinquished it in anunsuccessfulbidfor state agriculture commissioner.
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Her design and purpose was an ultimatelyunsuccessfulbidto keep sailing ships competitive with the steam ships that were becoming more common for freight transport purposes.
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Private partners will have to find ways to recover losses of unsuccessful bids by adding to the price of new projects.
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This working paper estimated on page 28 that the cost of preparing unsuccessful bids varied from £10,000 to £23,000.
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For reasons of commercial sensitivity it is not the practice to reveal the sums involved in the unsuccessful bids.
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An interim report explored the level of resources committed by ten local partnerships, including those with local authority partners, which submitted unsuccessful bids.
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Their assessments are not published, but bidders are given comprehensive feedback on unsuccessful bids.
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The table lists those local authority areas that submitted (as part of local crime and disorder reduction partnerships) unsuccessful bids.
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Has anyone calculated what was the cost in time of county council staff in preparing the 1,002 unsuccessful bids?
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Among the unsuccessful bids were 192 by local authorities; a lot of money was wasted.
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Information about unsuccessful bids is commercially confidential.
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In addition to the bids included in these tables, there were a further 73 successful and 87 unsuccessful bids which covered more than one local authority area.
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The team has had unsuccessful bids for promotion to the premier division in 1972, 1979, 1981 and 1983.
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After three unsuccessful bids for city council in 1985, 1988, and 1991, he was elected for the city's second ward in 1994.
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