Example sentences of "little [noun sg] but [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women wedded to men 's systems , arguing for resources and significance , have little alternative but to accept the context as given and learn as effectively as possible , to pitch in with the rest . |
| 2 | The Swiss referee , Bruno Galler , had little choice but to call the teams off . |
| 3 | Effective promotional activity may then leave the retailer with little choice but to stock the brand on a continuous basis . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , in the wake of last week 's one-point hike in interest rates , Friday 's Daily Mail commented that Mr Lawson had had little choice but to follow the West German increase . |
| 5 | The fact is , there was little choice but to approach the matter as I did — as I am sure you will agree once I have explained the full context of those days . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Nolan J. accepted that , as a practical matter , Woolwich had little choice but to make the three payments . |
| 8 | He concluded : ‘ I accept that , as a practical matter , Woolwich had little choice but to make the three payments . ’ |
| 9 | The absence of alternatives to becoming highly dependent on private companies may leave little choice but to accept the parameters set by the ideology of the firm as a family . |
| 10 | An ordinary individual buying a product from a supplier who had a monopoly in the product had little choice but to accept the terms imposed on him or manage without it . |
| 11 | Yesterday 's crunch meeting of the Progressive Democrats ' parliamentary party was adjourned until tomorrow , when they may be left with little option but to quit the Reynolds government . |
| 12 | Waterloo , having been worn down in the trench warfare , were left with little option but to run the ball and were still in the match when , from 30 yards range , Buckton fashioned a fine try for the lively Saverimutto . |
| 13 | Clearly , should this occur , you will have little option but to wash the dog again . |
| 14 | In these conditions , the government has had little option but to accept the kinds of changes which the international financial agencies want . |