Example sentences of "had little choice " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Swiss referee , Bruno Galler , had little choice but to call the teams off . |
| 2 | In the circumstances , they had little choice . |
| 3 | In terms of her own policy , she had little choice ; she needed the support of leading Protestants as well as leading Catholics to complete the link with France . |
| 4 | As the denomination most solidly based in the countryside , they also realized they had little choice in the thousands of new streets with their red and yellow brick terraces that were covering England 's acres . |
| 5 | Mullins , badly bloodied , had little choice but to go off . |
| 6 | Madame Weill had little choice . |
| 7 | Since he had little choice but to pursue a policy of conciliation , Napoleon III tried again with William , now King of Prussia since his brother 's death in 1861 . |
| 8 | Even without the threat to his job , he had little choice . |
| 9 | My case was more straightforward and quite honestly they had little choice but to uphold my appeal . |
| 10 | But when the prince reminded her — oh , so gently — of the deception practised upon his royal parents on Twelfth Night , Anne realized she had little choice . |
| 11 | Since the pharaohs were gods on Earth , the luckless culture had little choice but to kowtow to their whims , and vast amounts of expense and slave-power were devoted to the construction of these monuments . |
| 12 | Customs officer Steve , 27 , of Corringham , Essex , said : ‘ I had little choice in the matter . ’ |
| 13 | A linesman called over referee Loris Stasoggia — and the Italian official had little choice but to dismiss Stewart . |
| 14 | After much fretting and threats of legal action , the RFU had little choice but to back down — and endorse a strip that is if anything , more garish than the last effort . |
| 15 | Indeed , in his immediate aim of regaining Normandy in order to retain England he had little choice : his survival depended on it . |
| 16 | Now the Germans had little choice but to dig trenches and hope to win a war of attrition : a forlorn expectation , with the enemy ranks gathering against them . |
| 17 | With President Reagan 's support , the new secretary of state was convinced that the crumbling Soviet Union had little choice but to negotiate a new relationship with the democracies . |
| 18 | Forcing a litigant to settle with a judge who had usurped jurisdiction , in order to avoid still higher costs in a superior court , was not likely to have enhanced the popularity of the regality court of Glasgow , and , quite apart from the fact that he was himself injured by Sproull 's actions , Montrose had little choice but to remove the bailie-depute at the first opportunity . |
| 19 | The regime perhaps had little choice but to win support by making grants of land which might otherwise have gone to augment royal resources , and Mortimer and Isabella rapidly ran through the very substantial treasure inherited from Edward II . |
| 20 | Bereft of international support , Japan had little choice but to accede . |
| 21 | The council thus had little choice but to accept Gloucester 's claim to be protector . |
| 22 | Nolan J. accepted that , as a practical matter , Woolwich had little choice but to make the three payments . |
| 23 | He concluded : ‘ I accept that , as a practical matter , Woolwich had little choice but to make the three payments . ’ |
| 24 | Wilson had little choice but to take legal action to recover his union 's funds and property from both Southampton and Glasgow , though without success . |
| 25 | Part-time employment was often the only paid employment they could find , while others had little choice but to work part-time if they were to fulfil their changing domestic commitments . |
| 26 | For the present Posidonius had little choice : he had to rely on his illustrious friend Pompey . |
| 27 | But then , she had little choice ; he would n't allow her to sleep in the car or to remain here without him . |
| 28 | The poorer women especially had little choice but to follow their husbands and sweethearts into battle . |
| 29 | They needed a boost because of the Cuban crisis and this seemed to be the opportunity , so they had little choice but to enter into the quicksand of the Vietnam War . |
| 30 | He threw the handkerchief carelessly into a laundry basket , then before she knew what was happening , he was kissing the tips of her fingers , then her palms , then drawing her hands towards him so that she had little choice but to slide her arms around him and receive his kiss . |