Example sentences of "to settle [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and to settle between my brothers ; |
| 2 | But I had a problem getting it on and off ; the clasp seemed to settle between my shoulders where I could n't reach . ’ |
| 3 | Throughout , the legislators concerned will be subject to a great deal of explicit lobbying , and will be aware of the political debts they are expected to settle through the budget , as well as the importance that their decisions may have for their own political futures . |
| 4 | The servants , who did much of the living which is commemorated here , and his parents , who did so little of it , are placed well within reach of an impartial sympathy in a work which nowhere feels vindictive , and which declines to settle for any final understanding of what went on . |
| 5 | Esther had quite as hard a time of it as Annie , one might feel , but even so , Moore 's spirited novel can be thought to settle for an anodyne poverty . |
| 6 | The question is then , wrote Harsnet , whether to settle for less or start again . |
| 7 | Twenty-two athletes spend five days for the most part watching their teammates do all the work , and at the end of it all , everyone is quite happy to settle for a draw . |
| 8 | ’ So , after appearing to settle for third-person narrative , he doubles back on himself and leaves us to make what we can of an omniscient author who is bound hand and foot to a far from omniscient protagonist . |
| 9 | Less than a week ago , he said that this congress would strip the party of its ideology and change its name , but it now looks likely that he will have to settle for the second half of the forecast . |
| 10 | They may prefer short term bid speculation to long term recovery but if Mr Louis-Dreyfus has his way , they will have to settle for the latter . |
| 11 | In the face of their insistence and that of Arab League negotiators , he warned them not to settle for any deal which did not involve the withdrawal of 30,000 to 40,000 Syrian troops based in west Beirut and the hinterland . |
| 12 | Something which as the Argentines were in no circumstances , ah , going to settle for , ah , and anybody could have told them that , and anybody knew that . |
| 13 | They may have to settle for royalties which are lower than they would prefer . |
| 14 | Brian had to settle for second with three roach taken on caster for 1–1–0 . |
| 15 | Today we were close enough to the front of the plane to have a newspaper in English , and not have to settle for one printed in a strange dialect of Latvian ( or whatever it is that they use for those that are always left at the end ) . |
| 16 | With or without heart trouble , Shelby was n't a man to settle for a dull life . |
| 17 | I refused to settle for second best , unless I absolutely had to , ’ she says . |
| 18 | Taiwan 's China Airlines boasts that 80% of its seats are filled ( many American carriers have to settle for 60% ) . |
| 19 | His natural instinct is to make Ali laugh : today he has to settle for biting his lower lip and gazing warily back and forth between Ali and his nurses . |
| 20 | He would have preferred a special health-service pay factor , but had to settle for an above-average offer to the nurses , who most certainly were the priority group , having fallen badly behind over the previous ten years . |
| 21 | And to , to resign and to bring the new leader in charge to settle for a time . |
| 22 | Equally , to get work during the war you had to settle for less distinguished outfits , like the Turin Radio Symphony Orchestra . |
| 23 | But while the FA Cup can still turn dreams into reality , the Second Division might have to settle for one representative at Wembley after tomorrow 's semi-finals . |
| 24 | WHO said ‘ For too long this country … has been ready to settle for borrowing money abroad to maintain our standard of life , instead of grappling with the fundamental problems of British industry . |
| 25 | He did take the precaution of going to two different financiers with his projections , but , when Barclays were uncomfortable with the figures , he was happy to settle for NatWest 's more accommodating attitude . |
| 26 | Mr Duff has looked at four possible open air venues but is likely to settle for one end of the Headlingley rugby pitch with 2,000 seats around the ring and the use of the stand . |
| 27 | Colin Montgomerie , a British Ryder Cup player last year , who was also making his first appearance , had a 72 but David Feherty , who played steadily for 12 holes , ran up a seven at the 13th and had to settle for a 73 . |
| 28 | Arsenal 4 , C Palace 1 IT WAS billed as the Ian Wright Show , but the Arsenal striker had to settle for a supporting role as Paul Merson stole the top honours , writes Paul Newman . |
| 29 | In the end we had to settle for a hurried and depressing buffet in the North British Hotel , with a menu which would not have been out of place at a Sunday-school picnic . |
| 30 | ‘ I take second place to your work , and I 'll have to settle for that , I suppose . ’ |