Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] settle for [art] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 As an act 's appearance fees become higher , the agent may settle for a smaller percentage .
2 In the real , as opposed to celluloid , world , Roxburgh would settle for a win emphatic enough to stabilise his team and prepare them for the more demanding games ahead .
3 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 .
4 FA yesterday and it looks like me getting tickets from them is the same chance like the famous snowball in hell — i might settle for a new video player instead — in fact i still have got almost all of WC'90 on video — pictures from — all — games — and complete games from the 1/8 finals and onwards — including the England-Kamerun game which is quite a favorite .
5 Right now , Jordan would settle for a goalless draw and take his chances in the second leg at Tynecastle .
6 But if unionists could be persuaded to accept the present Anglo-Irish Agreement , with increased local democracy , and if the SDLP would settle for a unionist input into cross-border institutions covering common interests like agriculture , tourism and roads , would this not be progress ?
7 In all likelihood , Anne would settle for an Englishman .
8 In most instances the communicator must settle for an approximation within acceptable limits .
9 Darlington 's longest-serving player would settle for a safe position in May .
  Next page