Example sentences of "[noun] but to support " in BNC.

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1 For while there are many for whom the decimation of Baghdad is guided by a fine and noble and sense of justice , many others find themselves with effectively no alternative but to support ‘ our government ’ / ‘ our boys ’ / ‘ freedom ’ or whatever other option is put before them , in spite of their doubts about the validity of the whole bloody exercise .
2 During the meeting Yassir Arafat , the PLO chair , stressed that the PLO had had no alternative but to support Iraq during the Gulf war .
3 Montrose , like many politicians of the period , was loyal to those who were loyal to him , and in this case felt he had no choice but to support MacFarlane of Kirkton , for ‘ Kirkton haveing allways stood by me its impossible in honour to drop him .
4 The archbishop of Canterbury was convinced , however , and the English bishops acquiesced , leaving Henry no choice but to support them as he had promised .
5 Rising international tension left these statist socialists no option but to support the British state against its less democratic German rival .
6 In principle , after 1834 , those who were physically capable of work were left no option but to support themselves .
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