alternative proposal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofalternativeandproposal
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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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proposal
noun[C]
uk/prəˈpəʊ.zəl/us/prəˈpoʊ.zəl/
a suggestion, sometimes a ...
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(Definition ofalternativeandproposalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Consideration of anyalternativeproposalis essentially a matter for the applicant.
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A furtheralternativeproposalis being made to the committee.
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I am advised that the promoters are ready to consider any reasonablealternativeproposalwhich my noble friend or any of the objectors put up.
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Those terms enable it to review boundaries where it thinks that it needs to suggest analternativeproposal.
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Observe another anomalous consequence of the onlyalternativeproposal.
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Anyalternativeproposalmust profit from their insights while exploring how an analysis of irony might be illuminated by work in other domains.
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Myalternativeproposalis in terms of the human capacity to make judgments.
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Analternativeproposalis outlined combining the causality of action with the normativity of knowledge in acts of judgment.
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Thisalternativeproposalis worth replying to at some length.
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However, we would query whether the reported evidence provides strong support for thisalternativeproposal.
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I wish to put forward analternativeproposal.
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We would like to suggest analternativeproposalthat the feedback is achieved by waves belonging to the intrinsic upstream-propagating neutral acoustic modes of the jet flow.
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Using dialogue acts such as proposal, accept, reject or counter (considered as analternativeproposal), agents jointly3 decide what operations on commitments to apply on their databases.
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There is analternativeproposalof perpetual rent charge in lieu of purchase.
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Much more formidable is anotheralternativeproposal, which comes from the heads of the majority of the local governments.
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I recognise that it is unfair to criticise a policy unless one is prepared to make some kind ofalternativeproposal.
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I do not think that there is anyalternativeproposalat the moment, certainly no cataclysmic solution that anyone can propose.
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Ouralternativeproposalto allow the continued provision of information about business ownership will take effect immediately on repeal.
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We accept that anyalternativeproposalon costs should not favour one party over another.
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