acceptable alternative

collocation in English

meaningsofacceptableandalternative

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acceptable
adjective
uk
/əkˈsept.ə.bəl/us
/əkˈsept.ə.bəl/
satisfactory and able to be agreed to or ...
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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 ofacceptableandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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British immigrants came from a country where accoucheurs were an increasinglyacceptablealternativeto midwives.
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When faced with the possibility of remaining childless, many of the treated couples had turned to adoption as anacceptablealternative.
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However, early mitral valve repair offers for the others lesions anacceptablealternativeto reach the adult age, demonstrated on long term results.
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His objective was not to replace or improve the puppet opera, but rather to create an equallyacceptablealternative, performable by opera companies.
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Transcatheter embolization in adults of single congenital coronary fistulas with detachable balloons and coils is safe and effective and can be regarded as anacceptablealternativeto surgery.
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There are lifeline services for which there is noacceptablealternative.
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Expansion of the renewables sector is perhaps the most media-friendly and certainly the most environmentallyacceptablealternativetogether with promoting continued energy efficiency programmes.
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A varyingly timed rest day is not anacceptablealternative.
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The gap between hanging and any otheracceptablealternative, however devised, is bound to be wide.
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We should like to consider further, in consultation with the board, a generallyacceptablealternative, if such can be devised.
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It will be essential to ensure that such growth is balanced growth by providing anacceptablealternativeto the crossing by sea or air.
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They must learn to work in a context where war is no longer anacceptablealternativeto diplomacy.
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In some cases, they may haveacceptablealternativeexperience.
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I welcome industry efforts to find anacceptablealternativewhich will satisfy performance requirements.
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In some cases, there areacceptablealternativemedical interventions.
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I know that he takes the view that the proposal that has emerged from the joint working group is anacceptablealternative.
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We have always believed that if we cannot come up with anacceptablealternative, it is as well to stick to what we have.
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Very few, and none which offers a practical andacceptablealternative.
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Nor has it offered anyacceptablealternativemeans of reaching a settlement of the miners' dispute.
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I hope that desalination will eventually become anacceptablealternative, at least in particular situations.
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