Sentence examples for dear for from inspiring English sources

But it may be too dear for this purpose.

He even employed some of Liberia's wonderful old-fashioned niceties, calling me "My dear," for instance.

Our indifference is costing the world dear for the high seas are being plundered.

The BBC stood high and proud, dear for her reputation through the world.

Policymakers abandoned the nostrums that they had held dear for the past three decades.

But it must choose between jobs and houses: local labour is now too dear for hand-built mass-market homes.

Oh dear for Clarke who got those runs off 19 balls and has left his team in a hole.

Gather your nearest and dearest for cake and carpet slippers?

The Singapore and Taiwanese dollars are at their dearest for six and three years respectively.

Mr. Dearing, for one, said he intended to work at McKinsey after his commitment was over.

Northampton Town are the dearest for match-day tickets, charging £22.