Example sentences of "option [subord] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This watery bulwark gave the Germans no option but to turn the mass of their force against the British salient , north , east and south of Ypres . |
| 2 | He sounded so reasonable , Mungo had no option but to let the point rest . |
| 3 | Arsenal had no option but to take the attack to Oldham in the second half and Rhodes had to save from Thomas , Dixon and Quinn , but when a magnificent ball by Bunn sent Milligan streaking for goal he was hauled back by O'Leary , who was booked . |
| 4 | We have no option but to take the property back into our possession . |
| 5 | You 've got no option but to wait the five years . |
| 6 | Just as Rangers were left with no option but to field a patched-up side against Brugge , so Scotland will be forced to select a team some way short of full strength against Germany . |
| 7 | However because this is a true wilderness area and there is no bridge over the river , the water levels may be too high , giving you no option but to abort the trip . |
| 8 | Mortified by this double-dealing and realizing that Bismarck had tricked him — ‘ I trusted him and he betrayed me ’ — Napoleon III had no option but to submit the question to an international conference which produced a solution by neutralizing Luxembourg . |
| 9 | If , through the premature departure of members , the number present falls below the quorum level the attention of the Chairman should be drawn to the fact ; the Chairman then has no option but to adjourn the meeting immediately . |
| 10 | Clerk of the course Nick Lees said : ‘ It has been raining heavily all day and we had no option but to abandon the meeting . ’ |
| 11 | Treasury stringency , however , left no option but to restrict the pension in this way . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ I have no option but to declare an emergency situation . |
| 13 | The authorities had no option but to suspend the League , replacing it with three regional leagues in which men could play as amateurs , receiving only a token payment plus expenses , wherever they happened to be stationed . |
| 14 | Rising international tension left these statist socialists no option but to support the British state against its less democratic German rival . |
| 15 | I should like to have had time to discuss such matters , but the paucity of progress made yesterday , the long speeches and the many amendments which had to be considered left the Government with no option but to move a guillotine motion today . |
| 16 | The Polish Romantics had no option but to celebrate the will to resist — no matter how compromised and battered — to celebrate the persistent and resilient folk ways of rural Poland . |
| 17 | In the economist 's model of perfect competition firms have no capacity to exercise significant choice : they have no option but to obey the signals of the market . |
| 18 | That agile mind was not going to sit back and take things easy even if her body had no option but to obey the doctor 's orders . |
| 19 | As a nursing assistant working 12-hour night shifts , and given the inadequacies of the public transport system , I have no option but to use a car , which is also , incidentally , cheaper . |
| 20 | Man 's activities can affect sea-birds in many ways : pollution of the sea , either by chemical elements dispersed in the water column which may poison their food , or surface pollution , for example , by oil spillage , can be the direct cause of death to birds which have no option but to use the sea surface . |
| 21 | In the past it has been alleged that consent was often less than genuine , the person believing that he had no option but to allow the police the right to enter the premises and search . |
| 22 | If you are single and the potentially perfect partner comes face to face with you at work , perhaps you have no option but to start a relationship . |
| 23 | The fictional is a role Mira is forced into ; she has no option but to tell a story about herself . |
| 24 | In those circumstances I considered [ at 1.30 a.m. ] that I had no option but to grant the interlocutory relief that was sought by way of a declaration that in the circumstances which were then prevailing , it would not be unlawful for the hospital to administer a blood transfusion to [ Miss T. ] despite the absence of her consent because that appeared manifestly to be in her best interests . |
| 25 | Judge Gerald Butler told him he had no option but to pass a custodial sentence . |
| 26 | If , when the jury returns a verdict of murder , the Judge has no option but to pass a sentence of imprisonment for life , it will rest with the Home Secretary to decide when the prisoner shall be released on licence . |
| 27 | Bradbury had no option but to produce the red card . |
| 28 | Er , I think for management purposes and for presentation purposes , we will erm , presentation but certainly in terms of our accounts erm , we have no option but to exempt the giving interest receivable but to erm , impress you with the modesty of our , of our interest and therefore how good our interest cover is . |
| 29 | Until you have worked out your long-term plans , you have no option but to make the best of existing buildings which may or may not suit your immediate requirements . |
| 30 | I thought we had no option but to send the task force . |