Sentence examples for a simple play for from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Richie's apparent bid for relevance might really be a simple play for attention.

"Many in the administration, especially in Larry Summers's orbit, viewed it as a simple play for time".

They also played plenty of whist, the ancestor of bridge, which is why we have a Bath Coup, a fancy name for a simple play.

(Just check out Broadway's Romeo & Juliet -- a far simpler play -- for a good example of that, especially in the garbled opening scenes).

McDougall scoffs at those who praise Reconstruction as "a simple morality play" between crusaders for racial equality and their enemies.

It may seem unnecessary to invest so much planning for a "simple little play date".

Updated at 3.03pm BST 2.11pm BST Preamble Remember how Gary Lineker once described football as "a simple game – you play for 90 minutes and then the Germans win on penalties?" Well, you could stick that quote in a blender and apply what comes out to diving.

The Giants' formula for success had been simple: play great defense, score enough to get the lead in games, then hold on to virtually every one of those leads by not making mistakes late in games.

The White Stripes began in 1997, on "a day we were in the attic, and I was recording something, and I asked, 'Would you mind playing a simple beat for me?' " White said.

Federer will keep his No. 2 ranking ahead of Djokovic, who has a simple explanation for his improved play this year.

The DATK runs on any modern computer, and only requires the use of a simple playback/recording software for playing the excitation signal and recording the responses.