Example sentences of "they settle for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berg implies that they settled for a stable relationship , Frances acting the perfect Hollywood wife and ultimately finding consolation in religion , while Sam 's unspent emotions were burned off in work . |
| 2 | They settled for a country life ; Johnnie studied at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester and , following an uneasy spell on the Althorp estate , they moved to Park House . |
| 3 | She was by that time too valuable a property to be junked , so they settled for a short suspension and a revised entry in the book . |
| 4 | It was too cold and wet for champagne , so they settled for a cup of tea . |
| 5 | But the employers persuaded them to hold off until 1966 , when they settled for a mere 5 per cent rise over the three years to 1969 . |
| 6 | And when they died and the fleas had finished feasting on their blood , which was by then putrid and crawling with the bacilli , the fleas looked round for another host , and if they could not find another rat , or any small hairy creature to their liking , they settled for the next best thing , which was usually human . |
| 7 | The target real wage rate is not a specific number but will depend upon the unemployment rate : the higher the unemployment rate , the less ambitious are union negotiators and the more prepared are they to settle for a lower real wage . |
| 8 | Adopting special sleep postures ( Figure 1 ) , they settle for a snooze in flocks of up to 30 birds . |