better alternative
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbetterandalternative
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better
adjective
uk/ˈbet.ər/us/ˈbet̬.ɚ/
comparative of good: of a higher standard, or more suitable, pleasing, or effective than other things ...
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alternative
noun[C]
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
something that is different from something else, especially from what is usual, and offering the possibility ...
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(Definition ofbetterandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A muchbetteralternativeseems to be to raise (marginal, and to some degree average) water prices, and instead limit rationing.
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Dependence of 1: is abetteralternativethan myself.
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The main question is: is there abetteralternativetheory?
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Dependence 1: is abetteralternativethan using myself.
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It was only as a thorough skeptic that one could easily dispense with the old when abetteralternativepresented itself.
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Thus, approaching all owners would, in retrospect, have been abetteralternativein order to get their approval for the work.
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If abetteralternativeis found, the system will substitute it for the inconsistent one.
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This works fine, and is simple enough, but a muchbetteralternativeis readily available: if there are sufficiently few arguments, return them in registers!
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Therefore, if the knowledge base changes frequently, defeasible rules are abetteralternative.
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If it is found wanting, and abetteralternativeemerges in its place, then it will still have served a useful purpose.
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For example, a rewarding musical career might be judged abetteralternativethan a frustrating and unsuccessful legal career.
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Generally, the opportunity cost of labour is very low when there is nobetteralternativeoff-farm use of labour.
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When the residential home was considered an inappropriate site for care, they were asked to specify abetteralternative.
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This is done by searching the other similar cases for abetteralternativeand map it to the proposed design plan.
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The three options leave out abetteralternative.
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In old age such assistance may be confined to those without families, but even limited assistance may be abetteralternativethan death from malnutrition or exposure.
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The parallel architecture offers abetteralternative.
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Strategies to minimize the negative practical and emotional consequences of severe losses and to enhance environmental and psychosocial resources for substitution might be abetteralternative.
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On the whole, it has been noted that, although co-management sounds to be abetteralternativeto present state management, certain aspects need to be taken into account.
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That may have been abetteralternativeto the method that was chosen: to go ahead without the testing.
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