Louis had now no alternative but to yield to the incessant exactions of Napoleon or to see Holland united to France.
As long as Bonaparte continued at peace the cause of the Bourbons had no support in foreign Cabinets, and the emigrants had no alternative but to yield to circumstances; but on the breaking out of a new war all was changed.
He had no alternative but to mingle with his comrades, and, for exercise, to walk with them up and down a spacious hall.
Make Mack clearly understand that he has no alternative but to conform to my will.
Then I had no alternative but to suffer the proceedings to take their course.
He quailed at that, and after some hesitation agreed that he had no alternative but to accept his freedom and leave you here.
I had no alternative but to pay the price he demanded.
They can see no alternative but surrender, submit to be made prisoners, and receive such treatment as their captors may think fit to extend to them.
To her rider there is no alternative but do as he has been directed--stick close to the saddle.
There is no chance of escape, no alternative but surrender.
To the fugitives there appeared no alternative but to ride on, and take the chance of hewing their way through the savages surrounding--for certainly they would be surrounded.
In this case the victim appears to have no hope of escape--no alternative but to succumb.
Bill was left with no alternative but to take his departure, for O'Brien, with scant courtesy, extinguished the light overhead and crossed to the second lamp.
He had no alternative but to acquiesce before the strong determination of his brother, and though his words were cordial, his fears, his qualms of conscience underlying them, were none the less.
Under these circumstances they had no alternative but to abandon their cars and fly to the woods, which they did, under the orders of Mr. Andrews, each one endeavoring to save himself as best he might.
I should judge the sentries were stationed about thirty paces apart, and to get out there was no alternative but to pass between them.
He then asked if Mr. Chou was present; and the latter, who was skulking behind, in dread lest he should be detected by the God, had no alternative but to come to the front.
Chung had no alternative but to assent, and the next day he hurried through with his papers, starting immediately afterwards, and not stopping at all on the way either to eat or to sleep.
The girl swore she would rather die than consent, and accordingly her mother had no alternative but to let her alone.
Cartier had therefore no alternative but to conduct the discouraged survivors back to France early in spring.
He was the guardian of the place, and motioned to us to enter, signifying by a gesture that we had no alternative but to pass through, this being the only road on our way.
But inasmuch as the General Commanding the armies of the United States has been appointed ad interim, and has notified me that he has accepted the appointment, I have no alternative but to submit, under protest, to superior force.
We lost some 2500 men, for there was no alternative but to surrender.
The President not having taken any steps in the matter, I have no alternative but to execute the order of the Secretary.
Of course the President had no alternative but to credit the solemn assertions of his confidential adviser.
Southern born, and editor of the Southern Monitor, there seems to be no alternative but to depart immediately.
It seemed that whilst feeding around the camp they had observed the dray and other horses going away and had followed upon the tracks, so that the overseer had no alternative but to drive them back to the camp.
My horses were suffering, too, from want of water and food; and I had, therefore, no alternative but to turn back from so inhospitable and impracticable a country.
In the afternoon, I again tried to advance upon our journey, but after proceeding only four miles, the jaded horse was again unable to move further, and there was no alternative but to halt and search for water.
If she refused to leave the Glen he would have noalternative but to go, and what would be the upshot of it all?
I have no alternative but to lay the offer before you and may I remind you that the letting of places to people of this type has become so common among the old families that it is the exception not to let them at some time or other.
Rosmead had then no alternative but to introduce himself.
So she had no alternative but to go, muttering something about his heart being like iron or stone.
There was no alternative but to regain our boats; and even this was so difficult, that we had to unharness the artillery-horses, and drag the guns under water through the bayous, to reach the bank of the river.
To ferry would have consumed to much time, and to build a bridge still more; so there was no alternative but to turn up Elk River by way of Gilbertsboro, Elkton, etc.
Foiled, he drew back his hand; now with no alternative but to keep the token he cared not for.
But he could trust her, and she, in her usual way, insisting upon the tramp, he had no alternative but to undertake it.
But the dark and crooked course which he did choose left open no alternative but that of unqualified condemnation.
There seemed to be no alternative but to go on issuing this money, which many people glorified as the "safest possible currency," because "nobody could take it out of the country.
The town had been warned in time, and Arnold had no alternative but to wait for Montgomery to join him.
The decision of the court-martial was promptly confirmed by Congress, and Washington had no alternative butto issue the reprimand, which he couched in words as delicate and gracious as possible.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "alternative but" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
