Example sentences of "have opted for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With its new MouseMan Cordless , Logitech has opted for the alternative cordless solution , radio . |
| 2 | Rather than pandering to these fading fans ( and perhaps building up false expectations ) , the good Dr David Marsh has opted for the cattle-prod technique beloved of third division no-hopers . |
| 3 | Major , in contrast , has opted for the quiet life . |
| 4 | Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Sequoia Systems Inc has gone to Micro Focus Plc , Newbury , Berkshire for a Cobol compiler for its Series 400 fault-tolerant Unix multi-processor : it has opted for the Micro Focus Cobol/2 optimised for the hardware architecture to produce high performance native code ; no value was given for the agreement . |
| 5 | He had opted for the cynical , guarded approach , and now he could see that for all the safety it had brought him — here he was , in his second year , still solvent , heart intact , unmugged and even succeeding in his studies , despite all his mother 's fears — every defence had its price , and he had paid in a separating distance , incomprehension . |
| 6 | Stalin , the architect of the revolutionary Soviet state , the instigator of unprecedented social reforms and freedoms , the defender of international peace and security , the supporter of Republican Spain , had struck a cynical deal with Hitler , had in one stroke abandoned the principles of collective security and defence of nation states , and had opted for the fascist diplomacy of " bilateral agreements between gang leaders " . |
| 7 | Nationalism Today and its more tabloid partner National Front News have opted for the Palestinian cause , whilst Vanguard seems , at first sight , to be overturning a whole tradition of fascist ideology by advocating what appears to be a pro-Zionist position . |