Example sentences of "[vb past] to settle for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Chief executive Mr Baker , 54 , saw his earnings increase from £135,911 to £383,935 while his workers had to settle for a 5.5 per cent wage rise . |
| 5 | The immense build-up made it impossible to find a decent anchor and , having stamped out a rather unstable stance , I had to settle for a couple of drive-ins in a clod of frozen turf . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In the end , he had to settle for a survey which had been carried out on a national scale by a well-known agency . |
| 8 | Instead , he had to settle for a chemist 's shop , and though he still tried to behave like a doctor , it did n't work . |
| 9 | As it happened , though the tension continued for some time after the building of the Berlin Wall in August to stop the flight of East Germans to the West , the two sides had to settle for a stalemate . |
| 10 | ( George McCluskey had to settle for a place on the bench , which opened the door for Tom Brown , who just a few months ago was playing Junior football with Glenafton . |
| 11 | Bright , drafted in for his first start following injuries to David Hirst and Paul Warhurst , put them in front , but Trevor Francis 's men still had to settle for a point at Stamford Bridge . |
| 12 | GROSVENOR had to settle for a point from a Section II encounter with Mid Antrim despite dominating for most of the 70 minutes . |
| 13 | But the home side had to settle for a winning draw after St George 's finished on 175–7 , despite a 2–55 return from 16-year old slow left arm bowler Howard Jones on his debut . |
| 14 | Love , the second round leader , could not maintain the pace he set over the first two rounds and had to settle for a third round 71 . |
| 15 | Rovers dominated Friday night 's home game with Peterborough , but had to settle for a 1-1 draw , and King explained : ‘ Noone can say anything but good about the way we played . |
| 16 | Rovers dominated Friday night 's home game with Peterborough , but had to settle for a 1-1 draw , and King explained : ‘ Noone can say anything but good about the way we played . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She could n't find one , so had to settle for an orange juice . |
| 19 | But the consignor , had to settle for the $750,000 ( £468,750 ) Berry-Hill Galleries paid this time . |
| 20 | But when he opted for either of John Hay 's horses , they argued : Johnson had to settle for the grey owned by Laughland Vass . |
| 21 | Olazabal had to settle for the runner-up cheque of $300,000 , but moments later he uncharacteristically broke down and wept as he was being introduced by tournament host Gary Player to about 12,000 spectators on the 18th green at Sun City . |
| 22 | He had to settle for the seat at Sladen 's right hand , opposite the Assistant Secretary . |