Example sentences of "to go for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To go for the lapidary effect as such is sterile ; one tries for the lapidary because , if achieved , it is a guarantee of the verity of one 's feeling — Christian or non-Christian , as the case may be . |
| 2 | ‘ But you ca n't be generous , you have to go for the best person for the job . |
| 3 | One of the few collectors dedicated enough to go for the company context is Peter Card , whose collection of 400 old bicycle lamps is without equal . |
| 4 | Leading 10-8 and within a frame of the title , Wattana had the sublime confidence of youth to go for the $100,000 jackpot prize on offer for a 147 , choosing reds more suitable for continuing the red-black sequence than those which offered maximum certainty of winning the title-clinching frame . |
| 5 | The spa at Evian has been famous since the 18th century as the place to go for the treatment of kidney stones and urinary infections . |
| 6 | Firstly , there could be a tendency to go for the ‘ lowest skill ’ option in the selection of new technology , in order to reduce training costs and to ensure that existing employees can cope . |
| 7 | A few days before the European Planning Committee was due to meet , Mueller decided to go for the jugular . |
| 8 | He decided to go for the label of being a careful writer . |
| 9 | ‘ I explained it was a bit of a flap to go for the train this afternoon . |
| 10 | When the first contestant to go for the top prize , Marine Captain Richard MacCutchin who , oddly , specialized in haute cuisine , pulled it off by describing the ingredients of a royal banquet given by George VI to the president of France , three-quarters of American television sets were tuned in to watch him wrestle for the answers . |
| 11 | Dannii was the famous sister but Hardy yet again decided to go for the older girl . |
| 12 | The water guarding it does not look nearly so dangerous as the water behind it as a player comes down the hill debating whether to go for the green with his second shot . |
| 13 | I hope you will choose a different path — to go forward , not back ; to go for the best , knowing that Britain can be the best and do it best . |
| 14 | Nothing else was right , you had to go for the best in life , and I suppose we 've always felt that . ’ |
| 15 | And how did you know to go for the dolls ' bed ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We were taught to go for the jugular , ’ Buckmaster remarked . |
| 17 | If only … if only … if only there could be some way of reaching agreement , some way of reassuring each player that the other can be trusted not to go for the selfish jackpot , some way of policing the agreement . |
| 18 | His third round of 67 left them all for dead , and with 11 holes to go for the Open he was ten shots ahead of the field . |
| 19 | ‘ Not sure , really , though the little ones tend to go for the easy stuff . |
| 20 | The set had reached deuce when Mrs Beattie decided to go for the advantage point . |
| 21 | I did n't know whether to go for the oatmeal for second choice or whether to stick to the saxe , but I definitely did not want jet or donkey , that I did know . |
| 22 | Those who are brave enough to hope for one of the few lectureships around tend to go for the astronomy or nuclear physics . |
| 23 | The men , who are interested in cash , are more liable to go for the big wood . |
| 24 | This seemed to shake Churt out of their stride and inspire Haslemere to go for the winner . |
| 25 | Mayson was denied his hat-trick by good ‘ keeping and twice Smyth was through , only to go for the unselfish option when perhaps a shot would have been better . |
| 26 | As it also happens to be the only drinker on the Cherwell until you get to Islip , the murderous conspiracies and dark plots which so excite the Kidlington Kops amount to nothing more than the fact that when I opened my curtains that morning I saw the sun shining in a cloudless blue sky and decided to go for the longest and most pleasant of the river walks open to me . |
| 27 | The team batting first can never be quite sure when to go for the final , all out slog . |
| 28 | You 've got to go for the big stuff . |
| 29 | Why was it everyone seemed to go for the easy way out ? |
| 30 | It could also pay to go for the next larger filter if your pond is alternatively stocked . |