settle for

On the whole, he was glad to have the matter settled for him by her refusing to take seriously his wish to invite M. Riviere.

Glittering house insignias were much in evidence, and those whose heritage did not grant such a display settled for enspelled jewelry.

He thought about what he could say and settled for this: "He did not like him. Lawrence was very friendly with young men. "

They settled for "someone with at least a second degree in economics" (which thankfully lets me off the hook).

Because oil now costs much less, many have had to write down the value of those contracts, even if they are not due to be settled for years.

They were doing decently , but ties were started to set apart when his Protoss partner decided to cross the border and settled for anew.

The Royal Family is to be exempt from any cuts in public spending next year when its civil list funding is settled for the next 10 years.

and I do like to have things settled for at least twenty-four hours ahead.

Without a nuclear war ahead to balance the karma, how is the karma going to be settled for slaughter?

Meanwhile, Miranda had been waiting for the right place and the right way to tell Steve about the baby. Instead she settled for right now.

As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming.

Did he run out of innovative ideas so he settled for a miniature Windows OS for mobile phone.

Given the economy's fragility, he could have postponed some of the discomfort and settled for higher borrowing in 2011.

At the start of his administration he settled for an economic plan that was far too weak.

But the real question is, why have these organizations settled for such a low-level adoption of MDD?

While others bounced up and down to loosen up, she settled for shaking her arms.

How can that possibly be reconciled with the notion that such questions have been settled for ever by divine revelation?

The SEC and the bank eventually settled for $150 million.

In the event, they have settled for banning sales of drink for less than the tax paid on it (alcohol duty, plus VAT, a consumption tax).

North Korea is thought to have demanded more than just rice and cement, but settled for less.

Not for America the moral relativism of tired European powers that, ambition exhausted or crushed, settled for comfort and compromise.

The lawsuit, settled for an undisclosed sum, was launched under English privacy laws.

I settled for offering her a back rub. She consented.

He settled for scavenging plastic from a local dump, melting it and moulding it into a toaster casing.

In the end, Mr. Li and his friends settled for sales jobs with an instant noodle company.

The Lakers' erratic shooting continued, even as they settled for jump shots.

'I'll take anything just to keep me from fainting, ' said an American woman, upon reaching the counter. She settled for saltines.

Seventeen years later three of the cases have been settled, for a total of 191, 000 reais.

But the issue was settled for good when the girls saved the life of a former principal who collapsed at school.

Failing to nab a stock-research job, he settled for a post in the bond group.

Having five people to support, that unemployed senior engineer settled for working in a gas station.

Luther simply refused to speculate on how Christ is present and instead settled for affirming that he is there.

Lawyers got involved, and the two recently settled for undisclosed shares.

The present system of message analysis and processing has not settled for the requirement of user because of the shortcoming of design.

Sued his boss after a cake-eating incident. . . and the case quietly settled for a lot ofmoney.

Michael hit on one of my friends first, but the twodidn't click, so Michael settled for me.

The spot price is now 24 per cent above the price at which annual contracts were settled for 2009-10.

Instead, the world settled for a system under which everyone fixed their exchange rates to the dollar, which was in turn linked to gold.

If Mr Liu has settled for managing decline in the west, so have investors.

We know that Daimler was very interested in a liaison with Honda before it settled for its ill-fated tie-up with Mitsubishi.

anyway, settled for the second best: Laksa chilli sauce.

I settled for two separate cakes with raspberry sauce on top.

Mrs. Pen: Are your plans all settled for the fall?

The suit settled for around $24 million in April 2009 as the appeal was underway.

She came in with the world record in the 400 individual medley but settled for bronze.

Lucy: I would have settled for brown.

All the things are settled for now.

Charlie: I would've settled for brown.

Nearly half finally settled for lower pay and more than 13%are still out of work.

After some wheeling and dealing, they settled for $10, 000 for the duck and the pot.

while the company settled for two consecutive years to give rent subsidies, 80 percent the first year, second year 50 %, and so on.

More than 20 years later, he settled for $10. 2m, but only after his legal actions had taken over his life.

How do you find time to get your children settled for adequate sleep amid other pressures of the juggle?

Have you *settled* for a daily routine that leaves you longing for a different life?

Another suit went to trial earlier this year, and after one day, News Corp. settled for $125 million.

In Beebe, on the other hand, thousands of blackbirds had settled for the night in trees near people's homes.

Mr Picower is dead and his estate settled for $7. 2bn.

Mr Shapiro, who is still alive, settled for $625m.

Mr Levy settled for $220m before he died last year.

I had wanted a new bike, but I settled for my brother's old one.

Support method and parameter settled for mine roadway with floor heave

He's settled for now at Lyme with our good friend James Benwick

Rational mining plan settled for Anjialing Open Pit Mine

Who settled for the thrill