Example sentences of "little [noun sg] [conj] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , however , the Ukrainian decision to vote for full independence left him with little alternative but to withdraw from the USSR and in effect bring about its demise ( see pp. 179–85 ) . |
| 2 | Not only then is subcontracting widely practised but the small firms are so dependent on a limited range of buyers that they have little alternative but to accommodate to tight kanban schedules . |
| 3 | The driver , travelling at some eighty kilometres per hour , had little alternative but to stand on the brakes and swing the bus hard right . |
| 4 | Indeed some propositions falling into the second category are of such little weight as to amount to virtually no authority at all , while others are so significant as to be more important than those apparently of binding authority . |
| 5 | And yet if you want properly to hear a Prom there is often little alternative but to stay at home with the radio transmission , so wretched are the acoustics in large areas of the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 6 | But given the nature of his work Sam has little choice but to rely on informers . |
| 7 | The truth is that the government may have had little choice but to move against the PAC . |
| 8 | Although the dauphin , Charles , who assumed power in his father 's place , showed himself to be a fine leader and a man of courage , he appeared in the circumstances to have little choice but to negotiate without giving away too much . |
| 9 | British producers have little choice but to go for the home market , because the lion share of their budgets comes from the B B C , I T V or Channel Four who commission the programmes in the first place . |
| 10 | And this is of course , as if I agree with the view that you expressed yesterday in a general context , although it was made specifically then in relation to one village , any recommendation I make in relation to that village , if it is based on the general principle , must apply by analogy also to Skelton , and I would have little choice but to recommend to the councils that they may wish or indeed they should , reconsider this question of washing-over or insetting elsewhere . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Janet had little option but to sit on his lap with her legs stretched over his . |
| 14 | Although , in principle , the communities of interest are allowed to raise in ‘ contributions ’ only the amounts agreed by the delegates from their member ‘ organizations or associated labour ’ , in practice , such organizations have little option but to agree with proposals presented to them by the community managers . |
| 15 | Once Royle had turned City down , Swales and his board had little option but to agree to Kendall 's terms . |
| 16 | Once Royle had turned City down , Swales and his board had little option but to agree to Kendall 's terms . |
| 17 | Failing to find support from within the Danzig party or from Berlin , Rauschning had little option but to resign from both his post as Senate President and from membership of the Party . |
| 18 | Yet the cap on the compensatory award for unfair dismissal discussed in Chapter 17 meant that a significant number of executives had little option but to fight through the thickets of civil court procedure . |