Example sentences of "settle for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They will settle for the devil they know . |
| 2 | As an act 's appearance fees become higher , the agent may settle for a smaller percentage . |
| 3 | But none of this is the essence of Mrs Thatcher 's problem which is rather that , on the essential questions of economic management , the government gives the impression either of having lost its momentum or of having decided that it must settle for something well short of what Mrs Thatcher seemed to promise in the way of reducing the size of the public sector and also the burden of taxation . |
| 4 | Mountbatten 's personal view was that the new nationalist movements should be appeased rather than suppressed and that the old colonial powers should settle for the best deal that they could get , pledging independence in the near future and thus , he hoped , preserving the greater part of their economic advantages . |
| 5 | This is an argument that the Soviet people must settle for themselves . |
| 6 | Let's settle for rosé . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd settle for a few years with four legs like a cheetah and be able to go at forty miles an hour , ’ Otley declared . |
| 8 | ‘ Sometimes a merchant in a souk will settle for perhaps a profit of only five per cent , ’ says Mr Latif of the Moroccan Tourist Board . |
| 9 | One of them , recently relieved of a large Norwegian and still visibly tense , said she 'd lost interest in food and would settle for not having all the cup handles knocked off . |
| 10 | Cabra , in which Bates has a stake of nearly 30 per cent , may settle for less than the £22.8 million if it takes into account other shareholders in its subsidiary company SB Properties , which owns the football ground . |
| 11 | Perhaps he will settle for a life on the back benches , cushioned by his massive majority , but it can not be the most exciting prospect in the world . |
| 12 | In all likelihood , Anne would settle for an Englishman . |
| 13 | ‘ Then I 'll settle for the eight brace and be thankful , ’ Maggie said , accepting defeat . |
| 14 | Henceforth , his decision will settle for them what to do . |
| 15 | Pleasure can be no more than a gourmet 's appreciation for delicacies , whereas a happy person can readily settle for a much simpler diet . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll settle for ten . |
| 17 | Why does the snow settle for only a short time on the north west coast ? |
| 18 | Will we ever settle for economic expediency ? |
| 19 | As a definition for the essence of education I would settle for ‘ the mastery of the processes by which knowledge can be acquired and a maturity and sympathy gained from exposure to the mainstreams of intellectual thought ’ . |
| 20 | They would be able to see that the doctrine could provide criteria whereby they could settle for themselves their own problems , such for example , as that of differentiating between the prickings of conscience and the spiritual crushings of a guilt complex . |
| 21 | Perhaps he would settle for the Magic Flute ? |
| 22 | Bloody hell , I 'd even settle for a monthly but Punch should n't be allowed to just expire . |
| 23 | 70 have a rough idea — and 10 would settle for something totally wrong . |
| 24 | Failing that I 'd settle for reincarnating as either Paul Raymond , Madonna 's fingers , Phil 's meat pie collection , Ian Osborne 's dentist ( not that he 's ever been to see one , mind you ! ) , a bar of soap in an all-girl boarding school or a big black cat named Thad ! |
| 25 | I 'll settle for calling it beaten . |
| 26 | I do n't have a thermometer to hand , but I 'll settle for 101 . |
| 27 | Much talk with friends of what result we would ‘ settle for ’ — as if we have any choice . |
| 28 | I 'll settle for your bloody two million dollars but that 's the lot . |
| 29 | If so , ‘ Be aware ’ is no securer than any other proposed foundation of morals ; better settle for the Assassins ' ‘ Nothing is true , everything is permitted ’ . |
| 30 | Why settle for such a temporary arrangement ? |