Example sentences of "off [art] [noun sg] bid " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day after I finished working for the managing director of a certain company fighting off a take-over bid , the agency sent me to the rival company . ’ |
| 2 | The directors recommended that the dividend payout to shareholders should be increased by 25 per cent to 7.5p a share which was widely regarded as a move designed to ward off a takeover bid . |
| 3 | He may also have to fight off a takeover bid — Fininvest , the Milan-based media company controlled by Silvio Berlusconi revealed a 1 per cent holding last week . |
| 4 | An aerospace company will hear tomorrow whether it has managed to fight off a takeover bid . |
| 5 | Further problems with self-investment can occur when a pension fund invests heavily in its parent company 's shares in order to fend off a takeover bid , particularly if those shares are bought at a premium during the bid , and have to be off-loaded at a loss afterwards . |