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Grammar detail: ほかない、よりほかない、よりない etc.

ほかない、よりほかない、よりない etc.  nothing to do but ~
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ほかない
means
(there is) nothing to do but (verb)
せいふ
政府
ほか
さいにゅうげん
歳入源
かんが
ほかない
The administration cannot but look for alternative sources of revenue.
より is sometimes added before ほか:
かれ
けいかく
計画
ぜんたい
全体
あきらめるよりほかない
いけん
意見
いっち
一致
している

They agree that they have no choice but to give up the whole plan.
And sometimes より is used instead of ほか:
きゃく
そうまで
われれば
がる
よりない
If a client goes so far as to say that, there is nothing to do but withdraw.
Source: 黒い家貴志祐介
Various other combinations are also possible and have the same meaning, although some are much more common than others. Here is a reasonably comprehensive list!
  • しかない
  • よりない
  • ほかない、ほかにない、ほかはない
  • よりほかない、よりほかにない、よりほかはない
  • ほかしかたない、ほかにしかたない、ほかしかたがない、ほかにしかたがない
  • よりしかたない、よりしかたがない
  • よりほかしかたない、よりほかにしかたない、よりほかしかたがない、よりほかにしかたがない
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Kanji used in this grammar

セイ   ショウ   まつりごと government   
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フ    borough   
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タ   ほか other   
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サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
ゲン   みなもと source, origin   
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コウ   かんがえる to think about, consider   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ヒ   かれ he   
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ケイ   はからう to arrange   はか to measure, compute   
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ガ   カク   draw
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ゼン   まった entirely   すべ everything   
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タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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イ    idea   
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
チ   いた to do   
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キャク   カク    guest   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イン   ひ to pull   ひける to be over   
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   しも bottom part   もと under (influence)   さげる to lower, to reduce   さがる to be lowered   くだ to descend   くだ to judge   くださる to give   おろす to drop off (passenger)   おりる to get off (train)   
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