Example sentences of "but [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You 've got no option but to wait the five years . |
| 3 | In Macarthys Ltd. v. Smith ( C.A. , 1979 ) , however , he indicated that Parliament retained the power to pass legislation inconsistent with the Treaty of Rome and our obligations under community law , indicating that if this was done intentionally , our courts would have no alternative but to uphold the supremacy of our own domestic law . |
| 4 | Rising international tension left these statist socialists no option but to support the British state against its less democratic German rival . |
| 5 | The report concluded that , until safer land-based storage systems had been devised , Russia would have no alternative but to continue the dumping of liquid radioactive waste at sea . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Here the impression is that the object of make is given no choice but to perform the action expressed by the infinitive : in ( 147 ) the speaker even uses make to decline any personal responsibility for what he did — he was " acting under coercion " , a paraphrase bringing out the concurrent nature of the causation involved in these sentences . |
| 8 | The computer paradise to which you emigrated in D — AAW 1 ( 81% , Issue 85 ) was rudely shattered when your electricity was cut off , leaving you with no choice but to find the electricity-board office and pay the bill . |
| 9 | Judge Gerald Butler told him he had no option but to pass a custodial sentence . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The worst scenario of all is one in which no party feels confident of forming a government , leaving the Queen with no alternative but to grant a second dissolution . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | There is no choice but to accept the challenge and changes that 1992 will bring about and companies must continue to review export opportunities , both inside and outside Europe . |
| 14 | Anton had no option but to accept the crooked deal . |
| 15 | They have no choice but to accept the position . |
| 16 | However , Walker — and Southern Distribution 's — lack of cashflow finally left Therapy ? with no option but to accept the financial massage of a major . |
| 17 | ‘ I prefer Mr. Carus 's submission that an Orthodox rabbi is pursuing a vocation and has no choice but to accept the Chief Rabbi 's disciplinary decisions . |
| 18 | Left with no choice but to accept the responsibility or to pursue its own independent inquiries , the airline instructed Windels , Marx , Davies & Ives to prepare its defence and to investigate the suggestions of government complicity that were already coming to light . |
| 19 | So we 've really , we 've really no alternative but to accept the hostage three , one to three on the reductions . |
| 20 | Its spokesman , Rory Mair , who is also chief executive of Ross and Cromarty District Council , said that if the Government wished to retain any credibility over the matter it had no option but to accept the logical consequences of the select committee report and enter discussions with the local authorities on compensation . |
| 21 | The 14 year old 's solicitor insists the magistrates had no option but to impose a supervision order , but he ca n't guarantee that he wo n't reoffend . |
| 22 | Passing sentence , Judge Mary MacMurray said : ‘ Owing to the fact that you breached your licence by committing these offences and absconding , I have no alternative but to impose a custodial sentence . ’ |
| 23 | She said it left the council no choice but to activate the distress warrants granted by the courts . |
| 24 | In the few tubes in which this had occurred there was no alternative but to sever the head stud . |
| 25 | If a radiator starts leaking and a leak sealer does not work you will have no choice but to replace the radiator . |
| 26 | In the end , he had no choice but to replace the receiver . |
| 27 | Treasury stringency , however , left no option but to restrict the pension in this way . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I ca n't do it , she thought frantically , and then the bell was ringing and she had no choice but to open the door . |
| 30 | 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 . |