Sentence examples for for half a loaf from inspiring English sources

I don't want to settle for half a loaf".

They are going for half a loaf rather than nothing at all.

And in the end, they decided to go for half a loaf".

Not everyone will be satisfied, but those who are prepared to settle for half a loaf will outnumber those who would rather have none, a key adviser predicted.

Morris Goldstein, a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics in Washington, said the fund might be too willing to settle for "half a loaf" in Argentina.

The answer, of course, was interest-group politics: realistically, given the insurance industry's power, Medicare for all wasn't going to pass, so advocates of universal coverage, myself included, were willing to settle for half a loaf.

"It's kind of half a loaf, but half a loaf is better than none," said Chuck Hill, director of research at the market research firm Thomson Financial/First Call.

But Mr. Davis's half-a-loaf of democracy would still be a step forward.

This deal is not even half-a-loaf.

Many adjuncts and full-timers believe that this contract is half-a-loaf, better than none.

"Any bona fide offer must encompass exploitation rights to 100percentt of the Yankee games," he ruled, then added, "You can't give half a loaf for what is a full loaf".