1. The company have abandoned their takeover bid.

2. The takeover bid now looks unlikely to succeed.

3. The company successfully mounted a takeover bid in 1996.

4. A German firm launched a takeover bid for the company.

5. Thornbury has announced a takeover bid of a regional TV company.

6. Granada mounted a hostile takeover bid for Forte.

7. Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of ￡351 million.

8. They made a takeover bid for the company.

9. They found themselves outflanked by the rival takeover bid.

10. A takeover bid for the airline was launched today.

11. On page 12, our City editor comments on the takeover bid.

12. The company spent much effort in avoiding takeover bids from predatory competitors.

13. The company made a takeover bid for a rival firm.

14. The company managed to fend off the hostile takeover bid.

15. To ramp up a share price during a takeover bid is unacceptable.

16. According to informed sources, a takeover bid is planned for next month.

17. The Abingdon-based Morland brewers will know tomorrow if they've managed to fight off a hostile takeover bid.

18. Knighton is reported to be ready to abandon his takeover bid.

19. Read in studio An aerospace company will hear tomorrow whether it has managed to fight off a takeover bid.

20. When Lord Jones makes a take-over bid there are no holds barred.

21. The stock market got wind of a possible take-over bid and share prices soared.

22. Share prices are bound to tumble when the take-over bid hits the headlines.

23. But it could be stopped if the Suffolk based brewery Greene King is successful in its take-over bid.

24. The camera does not seem to have made the take-over bid for his active imagination that other people record.

25. The directors are probably going to recommend that we accept the take-over bid,() but we can muddy the waters by asking detailed questions about the company accounts.

26. The board of directors met the major shareholders behind closed doors to discuss the take-over bid.