Example sentences of "an alternative to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Digital Equipment Corp has at last announced its OSF/1 Unix-based operating system for Alpha-based AXP systems , giving its Alpha hardware customers an alternative to VMS . |
| 2 | When they were introduced they offered an alternative to insulin for the patient not responding to diet alone . |
| 3 | Laying hardboard : Covering the existing boards with a hardboard underlay is an alternative to floor sanding , which leaves a smooth , flat surface , ideal for thin sheet floorcoverings . |
| 4 | Rainbow says it can serve as an alternative to Sun 's internal host ID . |
| 5 | On a Chunky machine an alternative to cotton thread is one end of 2/30 industrial yarn . |
| 6 | The internal market is also used in the private sector as an alternative to hierarchy as a mode of internal coordination within the firm . |
| 7 | Greece — EL can be used as an alternative to GR . |
| 8 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the local income tax is not an alternative to council tax which commends itself to Conservative Members — or even to most Opposition Members , and he is right to say that anybody interested in knowing why local income tax will not work could do no better than to read the report of our proceedings in Committee . |
| 9 | The compact and lightweight lenses offer an alternative to Kyocera 's own . |
| 10 | Urwin , for example , tries to develop an alternative to individual-centred , gender-indifferent psychology of language development . |
| 11 | I like to have a few action songs in a party , either as part of a show or as an alternative to games . |
| 12 | Eurotunnel Plc/SA has signed agreements with British and French telecommunication groups for their use of fibre optic telecommunications links routed through the Anglo-Channel Tunnel scheduled for use in early 1994 : the agreements are with British Telecommunications Plc , France Telecom and Cable & Wireless Plc 's Mercury Communications Ltd and the cables will provide an alternative to submarine cables currently used for channel traffic . |
| 13 | Endoscopic biliary drainage using large plastic stents , is an alternative to surgery in the management of these patients , and can rapidly resolve cholestasis , jaundice , and cholangitis . |
| 14 | Based on these findings the Doppler controlled injection treatment of Dieulafoy 's disease could be considered an alternative to surgery . |
| 15 | Endoscopic sclerotherapy as an alternative form of treatment for bleeding varices was first reported in 1939 in a young patient with extrahepatic portal vein occlusion and was eventually popularised as an alternative to surgery by the work of Johnston and Rodgers . |
| 16 | The bonds , which offer a fixed rate return for a stated period subject generally to some conditions , have been marketed by some sales agents as an alternative to building society deposit accounts . |
| 17 | An alternative to clubs and classes is voluntary work . |
| 18 | As an alternative to 100% ownership and control , what about alternative arrangements such as a partnership or joint venture ? |
| 19 | And in Basil Fawlty-style he suggests an alternative to milk — Coca-Cola sprinkled with basil . |
| 20 | The ‘ agencies ’ proposed in the Ibbs Next Steps Report ( see Chapter 2 ) , for example , are seen as an alternative to government departments for the delivery of a wide range of executive functions in line with the Thatcher government 's emphasis on ‘ value for money ’ . |
| 21 | Test Pack 2 simply provides an alternative to Test Pack 1 — especially useful if you need to test the same student again , at a later date . |
| 22 | The subscription provided an alternative to flattery and must surely have seemed to her the most manageable form of dependence . |
| 23 | If the convention as anti-parliament is understood as assuming that the people 's wishes must prevail , that the convention better expressed those wishes than parliament and therefore in any contest between the two popular loyalty should be to the convention , as abolitionists employed it in the 1830s , it was closer to a focus for intensifying ‘ pressure from without ’ than an alternative to parliament . |
| 24 | As an alternative to imprisonment , the courts would have discretion to sentence offenders , with their consent , to between forty and 240 hours of community service work . |
| 25 | Marconi Electronic Devices of Swindon have no real market in the U K for one of their most important products , an electronic tag used to keep tracks of people on remand or probation as an alternative to imprisonment . |
| 26 | Diode-pumped , solid state miniature lasers are another promising area of research since if sufficiently powered they are capable of driving non-linear optical devices , while the development of fibre lasers is being investigated as an alternative to laser diodes . |
| 27 | With Forest rooted to the bottom of the Premier League , there is increasing speculation that the time is approaching when they will have to start looking for an alternative to Clough 's unique management style . |
| 28 | As a result of these problems , it is our preferred policy to use the specimen letter set out below as an alternative to confidentiality letters generated by clients ' Solicitors . |
| 29 | As a result of these problems , it is our preferred policy to use the specimen letter set out below as an alternative to confidentiality letters generated by clients ' Solicitors . |
| 30 | But a sense of proportion must be maintained , and to regard artillery as an alternative to cavalry would be a mistake . |