constructive alternative

collocation in English

meaningsofconstructiveandalternative

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constructive
adjective
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/kənˈstrʌk.tɪv/us
/kənˈstrʌk.t̬ɪv/
If advice, criticism, or actions are constructive, they are useful and intended to help 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 ofconstructiveandalternativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the event of defiance, do they offer aconstructivealternative, perhaps based on a different normative perspective, or new clinical trial data?
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The test of whether reasonably partial guidelines are publicly justified lies in their broad acceptability in clinical practice in the absence of a defeatingconstructivealternative.
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Many people lament the decline in the number of small farms, but protest without aconstructivealternativeplan is futile.
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The extensive package of special measures is aconstructivealternativeto unemployment and reflects our determination to help the worst affected.
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I therefore listened very carefully for someconstructivealternative.
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I suggest that if he looks back to what has been done, he will find that we have put forward a clear andconstructivealternative.
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They have given us no practicalconstructivealternative.
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Fourth, there is the criticism of theconstructivealternative, that there is a better way of achieving the same result.
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I mention this because we have a duty to put forwardconstructivealternativeproposals.
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In response, the work force has asked for access to the books to enable it to formulate aconstructivealternativeto closure.
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I wonder whether there can be developed aconstructivealternativeto public inquiry after public inquiry.
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They jeer from the sidelines but, if one listens carefully, one notices that they do not have aconstructivealternativeto offer.
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The only way of dealing with anyone is to have aconstructivealternative.
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We have not heard in one single speech anyconstructivealternativeto what we are doing.
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We will certainly fight this clause, and we may well bring forward aconstructivealternative.
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Critics have failed today, as they have failed before, to produce aconstructivealternativeto it.
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It is no use making criticisms without offeringconstructivealternativeproposals for the industry as a whole.
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He was long on criticism and absolutely void on aconstructivealternative.
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They are designed to be aconstructivealternativeto sending the accused into custody for non-payment.
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Yet we have been given noconstructivealternative.
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