Example sentences of "no alternative to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judge John Petrie said he took account of Wilson 's admissions to police but he could see no alternative to imprisonment , especially since some of the charges involved supplying other people . |
| 2 | Former squares , it was argued , have often become the victims of car traffic , with their sweeping turns and filter lanes leaving no alternative to asphalt . |
| 3 | There may be no alternative to leave of absence , even though the nurse can ill afford the loss of income . |
| 4 | There may be no alternative to leave-of-absence or annual leave but the nurse should be given the opportunity to resolve her difficulty by seeking the help of colleagues who may be prepared to substitute for her at short notice . |
| 5 | No alternative to recession . |
| 6 | For at the same time they still see no alternative to Tayif , and still see Aoun as the one great impediment in its way . |
| 7 | This impoverishes the 4m Sahelians , most of whom have no alternative to cattle farming . |
| 8 | Indeed , I believe , as do many of my hon. Friends , that from a railway point of view there is no alternative to King 's Cross . |
| 9 | So far the Department of the Environment has identified very few ‘ essential uses ’ for which there is no alternative to carbon tetrachloride . |
| 10 | Circular 22/80 advised that ‘ this permissive power ’ should be used ‘ only where planning reasons clearly warrant such action , and there is no alternative to enforcement proceedings ’ . |
| 11 | This permissive power should be used , in regard to either operational development or material changes of use , only where planning reasons clearly warrant such action , and there is no alternative to enforcement proceedings . |
| 12 | Already the biggest obstacle to the dissemination of improved techniques of mud building is that scientists and housing experts have decried mud so much that even the poor , who have no alternative to mud , do not want to live in it . |
| 13 | Then there will be no alternative to mud in either rural or urban areas . |
| 14 | They also had no alternative to Mr Gaidar 's policies of tight monetary discipline . |
| 15 | The editorial , ‘ The principles of restructuring : the revolutionary nature of thinking and acting ’ , 'insisted that there was ‘ no alternative to perestroika ’ and that even its postponement would be gravely damaging to Soviet society and to socialism internationally . |
| 16 | He declared that he could see no alternative to perestroika , but he won loud and prolonged applause when he observed that " all manner of rash radicalism , improvisations and dithering have not given us much in five years " . |
| 17 | In stark contrast to King 's upbeat message , a joint survey published today by MIND and the Roehampton Institute found 84 per cent of people with mental health problems are offered no alternative to hospital treatment . |
| 18 | Acheson , at least , had practically made up his mind as soon as the French had promised to ratify the Elysee agreements ; and in setting out the arguments to the US Embassy in Bangkok no alternative to recognition was in fact suggested . |
| 19 | Zhelev said on Jan. 18 that there was no alternative to privatization and a market economy , and warned that the economic worst was yet to come . |
| 20 | There was no alternative to capitalism as a method of economic development , and at this period this implied both the realisation of the economic and institutional programme of the liberal bourgeoisie ( with local variations ) , and the crucial position in the state of that bourgeoisie itself . |