Sentence examples for settle for trying from inspiring English sources

Instead, Mr Maehara must settle for trying to hold the LDP to its promises, while gradually restoring some of his party's shattered reputation.

As his sport debates anew the merits of the draconian false-start rule that came into force in 2010, Bolt will now have to settle for trying to defend his 200 title this week.

The next step could be to try to reconstruct the shuttle itself, but if investigators find the "missing link" -- a single tile or shred or bit of data that holds a clue to what sparked the destruction -- they might settle for trying to reconstruct only a small part of the craft, experts said.

I think they'll settle for trying to disrupt as much as possible".

So the banks settled for trying to hobble the rule with exceptions and qualifications.

Instead, the government appears to have settled for trying to turn around companies like the National Power Corporation, which lost $1.8 billion last year.

She had dreams of eventually enrolling at Julliard, but instead settled for trying "to make a go of it" musically in New York.

It's still miles away from being something I'm proud of but I'll settle initially for trying to make it something I'm not ashamed of.

Instead of trying to win, we have settled for just trying not to lose.

The word most people settled for in trying to describe Enoch Powell, who has died aged 85, was - leaving out the ruder ones - enigmatic.

And while permits are still required for protesters to stage gatherings on the City Hall steps -- the legal compromise his predecessor had to settle for when he tried to ban such activities -- the Bloomberg administration is weighing whether to reopen City Hall Park to the public.