alternative course
collocation in Englishmeaningsofalternativeandcourse
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alternative
adjective
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
An alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you do not want to use ...
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course
noun
uk/kɔːs/us/kɔːrs/
a set of classes or a plan of study on a particular subject, usually leading to an exam ...
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(Definition ofalternativeandcoursefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Given a probability distribution and a utility function, both with the appropriate properties, the agent calculates the expected utility of eachalternativecourseof action.
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Although her complex portfolio was demanding in terms of both time and application, the freelancer saw noalternativecourse.
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But how should this be treated in a comparison with thealternativecourseof action, namely to reject the project?
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In these circumstances, analternativecoursebeing available, we have no plans for further legislation on this subject.
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That other lacuna concerns thealternativecourseof action of those who are not in favour of ratification.
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The amendment will allow analternativecourseof action—the placing of the order on the register of county court judgments.
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No course is closed under the powers vested in me before consideration has been given to the accessibility of analternativecourse.
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Finally, there is the furtheralternativecourseof action, and that is internationalisation.
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A few years ago a possiblealternativecoursewas open to us, but it is no longer available.
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It is difficult to see anyalternativecoursewith anything like equivalent promise.
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The amendment to the third motion, however, is clearly intended to suggest analternativecourseto the second motion.
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I see no otheralternativecourseopen to him.
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If we take thealternativecourse, if we say that we will not pass the motion, we bring great advantage in that sphere.
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We need value for money and must consider thealternativecourse.
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The amendment has been put in this form because, although we would have wanted to find another way, there is noalternativecourse.
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Analternativecoursewas proposed, but it was turned down.
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We are considering how this can effectively be done or whether there is anyalternativecourseof action open to us.
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Thealternativecoursewas to consider whether there should be substituted for detention some system of control approximating to house arrest.
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One of these railways has two hundred miles of canals, and why might not that be analternativecoursefor traffic.
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