Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] no other [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | What on earth was she supposed to wear for this evening with Dane — this evening that was n't exactly a date , yet she could think of no other description for it ? |
2 | But he could think of no other way to tackle the problem . |
3 | It was simply that he could think of no other way of prolonging her absence from him indefinitely . |
4 | It was rare for a man to shop in a grocer 's but Joe could think of no other way to see Chris Murray . |
5 | Probably more than design ( verb ; lowercase " d " ) in the sense that we understand at the moment ; paradoxically , not only does design become the only possible means of saving the human species ( and I mean this very seriously ; I can think of no other approach which could enable us to transcend the dichotomies — between reason and emotion , technique and meaning , power of technical systems against impotence of ethical systems , and so on — built into our dominant culture ) but it " finds itself " at just this moment ; at this point the contradictions that run through present forms of design practice , contradictions which we can now read as the " distortions " of the holistic and embracing matrix of design , cease to exist . |
6 | She asked for red wine and when he brought it she raised the glass and tried to think of something original and witty by way of a toast but he forestalled her by saying , ‘ Cheers , ’ and she could think of no other response . |
7 | I can think of no other person in the Anti-Apartheid Movement who knows more and is more up to date on the current situation in South Africa . |
8 | Delaney raised a critical eyebrow : His one question went to the heart of the matter , since he could think of no other reason for the involvement of G9 . |
9 | I can think of no other reason . |
10 | ’ She could think of no other reason for his appearance . |
11 | Gaily could think of no other remark . |
12 | Apart from the lightning that brings Frankenstein 's monster to life , I can think of no other appearance of physics in films that incidentally have science in them . |
13 | It may well be that when the archaeologists and historians have studied a sufficient number of towns intensively in this country , as they have done abroad , we shall add something appreciable to our knowledge of English history , knowledge which we could get in no other way . |