Example sentences of "[verb] opted for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In the twilight of its life , TOTP has opted for a radical face-lift , which has turned out instead like a make-over from Hell . |
2 | It is difficult , therefore , to understand why Bowsher has opted for an alternative definition . |
3 | If I 'd wanted to really zoom around the fretboard I would 've opted for a medium/short-scale bass with really light , roundwound strings . |
4 | Firstly , the council could have opted for a significant increase in the er I five allocation and to go on to see to identify a site in the local plan . |
5 | By 1991 over 4 million people , including a substantial number of women , had opted for a rebated APP instead of SERPS ( Committee of Public Accounts , 1991 ) . |
6 | Britain had played a major part in the Bretton Woods agreement which , through the establishment of the International Monetary Fund , led to a major role for sterling as a reserve currency [ Eckes , 1975 ] ; and in 1945 , after considerable debate , it had opted for a large US loan ( $3.75bn plus $650m in settlement of Lend-Lease obligations ) as against tighter domestic restrictions on consumption , to help to overcome post-war shortages of goods and materials . |
7 | If you have opted for non-action , then you have opted for a living death . |
8 | One or two other manufacturers have opted for a similar idea to this , where the knob sweeps through an infinitely variable range of tones , from soft and middley to bass and treble-heavy ‘ crunch ’ . |
9 | EMERGING FROM the chaos of being dropped by Arista as 16 Tambourines , singer Steve Roberts and bassist Tony Elliot have opted for a new guitarist , a new drummer and a radically altered sound . |
10 | EMERGING FROM the chaos of being dropped by Arista as 16 Tambourines , singer Steve Roberts and bassist Tony Elliot have opted for a new guitarist , a new drummer and a radically altered sound . |
11 | We have opted for a single 19″ Triton fluorescent tube in this 2′ tank . |
12 | Instead of preserving the statistics-and-dice method of combat , the programmers have opted for a tacky arcade sequence featuring blocky , sluggish sprites and no skill at all . |
13 | The club have opted for a left arm spinner Jamie Stewart from Western Australia as their pro . |