practical alternative

collocation in English

meaningsofpracticalandalternative

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practical
adjective
uk
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas ...
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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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Based on these biological constraints, we propose apracticalalternativeto current conservation and breeding strategies.
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The most desirable analytic approach is, of course, a rigorous solution of the full problem, but that is not apracticalalternative.
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Apracticalalternativeis to test the behavior of the motor in a simulation program, as is common in current engineering practice.
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Thepracticalalternativeis to use local mesh refinement.
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Therefore, serological testing may be apracticalalternative, especially since latent carriers or intermittent shedders may be detected by this method.
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Of course, we may not build 8 metre thick walls but the combination of masonry elements with insulation on the outside is apracticalalternative.
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We then describe how the geographical distribution of allelic diversity can represent an efficient andpracticalalternativeto present conservation and use activities.
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Our goal has been to form apracticalalternativefor use in cost-effectiveness analyses.
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This could be done via the geographical distribution of allelic diversity and is probably apracticalalternativeto present conservation activities.
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In most cases the onlypracticalalternativeis to contract the former municipality, now in the guise of a municipal company.
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At this time, it seems that, if detailed study of intermittent objects of turbulent flows is to be made, this kind of approach is the onlypracticalalternative.
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In the absence of such information and that related to soil analysis, use of blanket recommendations for micronutrient fertilization might be utilized as apracticalalternative.
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Because experiments with human subjects presently are not feasible on the scale contemplated in this paper, we think our computational approach provides a reliable andpracticalalternative.
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In the event, it seems that generally it was possible to improvisepracticalalternativedisplay arrangements for exhibitors at the exhibitions that followed.
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I honestly think that in those strenuous days there was no otherpracticalalternative.
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I can only repeat that at present, in our best judgment, there is not apracticalalternativeto this proposal.
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I do not think there is anypracticalalternativeto this proposal.
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Therefore, this appears to be the bestpracticalalternative.
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