Example sentences of "they had settle for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With all the technological genius that can be raised in the USA to produce a B-1 supersonic bomber , they had to settle for a cruising speed of 1.25 times the speed of sound while the routine Concorde bus service across the Atlantic ticks over steadily at fully twice the speed of sound — and anyone who can afford to buy a ticket can experience it . |
| 2 | They had to settle for much less , however , and an understanding was reached with local authorities , in spite of some early reluctance on their part . |
| 3 | They had to settle for three consolation points , leaving them second three points below Gresford . |
| 4 | Whistling in the wind , that had been , because they had settled for half , and never recovered from the shame of behaving in the same way as the typists and fitters and laboratory assistants . |
| 5 | The movies , as Dr Dale had suggested , had ‘ the entire world as their range ’ and yet they had settled for a very restricted section . |