in a bid to

It had been made in a bid for greater power, but now each looked to the other with fear.

He played just as hard in his bid for a third term.

In its bid this time, almost all the sites would have been only about 30 minutes away.

Explain where and why you have included this in your bid.

He will start 15th on Sunday in his bid to win the title.

So we put in a bid for equipment, software and a person.

There was the plane he had meant to use in a last bid.

At least one big act was planned for each hour of the 11-hour day in a bid to keep the audience.

He was given 15 minutes to look them over and put in a sealed bid.

That strategy may still be at work in Johnson's new bid today.