Example sentences of "opted for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Garland 's Tom Bridgeman in Bath also opted for grain mustard in his dish of lamb 's liver and bacon . |
| 2 | For the interview she opted for a cream silk shirt , and a tailored black skirt . |
| 3 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 4 | Faced with the classic choice facing revolutionaries between a quiet family life and the turbulence of the greater good , they opted for the latter . |
| 5 | LAURA DAVIES produced a marvellous exhibition for those loyal supporters who opted for Stoke Poges rather than nearby Wentworth , with a round of 64 in the second round of the Laing Charity Classic yesterday . |
| 6 | On Tuesday we opted for a more strenuous hike from Braithwaite village up the steep sloped of Grisedale Pike . |
| 7 | So she opted for desperate measures to get him to change his image . |
| 8 | A non-permanent colour added both warmth and shine to Michelle 's hair — colourist Kerry opted for a mix of Havannah and Natural Dark Brown from the Colour Touch range . |
| 9 | She graduated in mathematics from Coimbra University with distinction in 1944 , but opted for a musical career . |
| 10 | Slovenes voted for this last December ; in Croatia on May 19th 94% of those voting ( in an 83% turnout ) opted for a sovereign Croatia ( see box on previous page ) . |
| 11 | He opted for smashing her china dog instead . |
| 12 | Instead he opted for getting his penknife out and fraying the elastic in the waistband . |
| 13 | Of this large number of people I have known of only a small handful of people who opted for a non-Christian funeral . |
| 14 | Neil Kinnock and Paddy Ashdown both chose to be filmed — on separate days — at the Travellers ' Club in Pall Mall , while John Major opted for Downing Street once again . |
| 15 | Always a favourite in London , the Russian star who opted for the West in 1974 is now in his mid-forties — absolutely the right time to change over to a repertoire well within his present compass . |
| 16 | No-one opted for Sweden . |
| 17 | After dinner , we had the choice of watching a cabaret show performed by the Sol entertainments team , but more often than not , we opted for a relaxing drink in the Tenerife bar . |
| 18 | In 1892 , the party majority led by Pilsudski opted for opposition to capitalism and support for an independent Poland . |
| 19 | But le Havre and Cherbourg opted for a simple and austere classicism , with the new vogue for geometrical emphasis to the fore . |
| 20 | MIPCOM takes place over five days — — though not being exhibitors with all the setting-up and taking-down of displays ( video-screens , logos , stylish furniture , programme brochures , all de rigueur ) — we opted for just three days . |
| 21 | I do n't know whether Mr Palmer read my thoughts — but it was a tight hole and there was a need for accuracy — but sure enough he opted for a 1-iron . |
| 22 | We decided we were n't going to get on without flirting with a lot of trouble , so we opted for the trusty 1-iron again . |
| 23 | Full cheeks are a definite help with steering on a green or ignorant horse , so we opted for these . |
| 24 | Rather than mount from the ground , which can take some young horses by surprise just when you do n't want to , I opted for a leg-up and repeated the walk , trot and half transitions . |
| 25 | To make this even more ridiculous , I decided to select the most unlikely container I could think of , so I opted for a supermarket plastic carrier bag . |
| 26 | However , the incoming Conservative government of 1979 opted for a different approach . |
| 27 | After much muddled calculation of dates , Sanders opted for the Wednesday of the week of his disappearance . |
| 28 | I suppose she was the sort who would normally have been commissioned , but , all credit to her , she opted for the ranks and she was certainly finding out how the other half lived . |
| 29 | You should have been notified by your employer if he opted for this but if you never heard anything , or can not remember , write to that employer , or to the DHSS , and enquire . |
| 30 | She added that the number of people who opted for cremation was increasing although there was still a section of society to whom cremation was unthinkable . |