Example sentences of "[vb infin] of [art] 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 Children start off as self-centred little beings and they do not naturally think of the other person .
14 ‘ Let's not speak of the other night , shall we ? ’ she said coolly .
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