Example sentences of "alternative [conj] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But being unqualified for anything more taxing than preparing meals and cleaning rooms , it seemed I might have no alternative but to go into service . |
| 3 | If they are held in overcrowded conditions , unfit for a dog to live in , and have no meaningful occupation — I do not mean soulless , non-productive work — they have no alternative but to fall into mischief and cause trouble . |
| 4 | In the end , since the pope refused to free him , he had no alternative but to continue in office . |
| 5 | The otter has no alternative but to retreat in agony and attempt to prize the claws free . |