Example sentences of "opted for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | For the interview she opted for a cream silk shirt , and a tailored black skirt . |
2 | On Tuesday we opted for a more strenuous hike from Braithwaite village up the steep sloped of Grisedale Pike . |
3 | A non-permanent colour added both warmth and shine to Michelle 's hair — colourist Kerry opted for a mix of Havannah and Natural Dark Brown from the Colour Touch range . |
4 | She graduated in mathematics from Coimbra University with distinction in 1944 , but opted for a musical career . |
5 | Slovenes voted for this last December ; in Croatia on May 19th 94% of those voting ( in an 83% turnout ) opted for a sovereign Croatia ( see box on previous page ) . |
6 | Of this large number of people I have known of only a small handful of people who opted for a non-Christian funeral . |
7 | After dinner , we had the choice of watching a cabaret show performed by the Sol entertainments team , but more often than not , we opted for a relaxing drink in the Tenerife bar . |
8 | But le Havre and Cherbourg opted for a simple and austere classicism , with the new vogue for geometrical emphasis to the fore . |
9 | I do n't know whether Mr Palmer read my thoughts — but it was a tight hole and there was a need for accuracy — but sure enough he opted for a 1-iron . |
10 | Rather than mount from the ground , which can take some young horses by surprise just when you do n't want to , I opted for a leg-up and repeated the walk , trot and half transitions . |
11 | To make this even more ridiculous , I decided to select the most unlikely container I could think of , so I opted for a supermarket plastic carrier bag . |
12 | However , the incoming Conservative government of 1979 opted for a different approach . |
13 | spotting a narrow isthmus on the map near Northton we opted for a large portage ; half a kilometre would be a long way but , following our Griminish Point experience , the safer option seemed favourable . |
14 | Recognizing the impracticality of such an action it opted for a series of initiatives which were consistent with its fight against apartheid in South Africa and its fight for the presentation of a positive image for black people in the UK . |
15 | The staff of the Home were involved , and Mrs R. opted for a permanent place and was transferred at once . |
16 | He opted for a job as an arc metalworker for a firm that allowed him plenty of time off for competing in meetings and , as he was an international , he travelled overseas often . |
17 | We opted for a mixture , on that first night in pouring rain , of camping in the bush and building an enormous log fire in the Kerr Bay hut . |
18 | We opted for a more strenuous trip , packed out sunhats and set off . |
19 | It is easy enough to see why candidate Clinton opted for a tax on energy consumption . |
20 | Instead , he opted for a northern Muslim , Baba Gana Kingibe . |
21 | In a move to upgrade to open systems last year , Fernhart opted for a 4GL , Ingres-based rewrite , compatible with Unix 5.4 and including the Ingres 6.4 relational database . |
22 | On graduation Reagan opted for a career in show business . |
23 | After visiting several suppliers and looking at various packages , I found that Dixons offered the best value , availability and longevity , so we opted for a Packard Bell 486SX . |
24 | Both Lyell and Wallace opted for a theory in which a supernatural force had affected the later stages of human development . |
25 | Following demobilisation , he opted for a period of higher education at Lamar University in Beaumont . |
26 | He opted for a salad with leathery hard-boiled eggs under a neon dressing , and picked a table which gave a clear view of the room from the entrance to the service area . |
27 | She opted for a sculpture class . |
28 | She changed into her shorts — Fen had donned his before they went shopping — and , remembering Fen 's earlier insinuations , she opted for a baggy T-shirt which , she hoped , made her figure as sexless as a boy 's , then went aloft , tense , wary , uncertain of her reception . |
29 | But how was it that the EC opted for a currency union ? |
30 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |