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sensible alternative

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sensible
adjective
uk /ˈsen.sə.bəl/ us /ˈsen.sə.bəl/
based on or acting on good judgment and practical 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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Examples of sensible alternative


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One sensiblealternative is that males are simply more susceptible to infection than females.
Arguably, the only sensiblealternative is to count each life for one and none for more than one, whatever the differences in age and in other quality considerations.
There is no sensiblealternative to a global ban.
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It is easy to criticise it; it is tar more difficult to construct a sensiblealternative.
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I have honestly concluded that what we did was the only sensiblealternative at the time, in the context of the situation.
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Once again, there is no sensiblealternative to the policies that we are following.
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It is safer and easier for an inspector to say no than to consider an economic and sensiblealternative.
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We have also had to recognise that there is, within the short distance in which we have to deal, no sensiblealternative.
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We have not been able to identify any coherent or sensiblealternative.
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A much more sensiblealternative would be to pass it to the mayor and leave him to decide how to pay for investment.
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More important still, there is no sensiblealternative to this course.
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It would be seen as a sensiblealternative, good for health and economical in saving energy.
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The only sensiblealternative would be that the farmer should have some right to regain the other farmhouse in certain circumstances.
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Then, perhaps, an opportunity may come to put forward a sensiblealternative.
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There is a sensiblealternative, namely, that the appropriate stocks index of inflation in each trade should be applied.
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The only sensiblealternative is a reasonable investment policy over a period of years which will allow the railways to plan ahead.
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Why should we have a reason to stay if there was a proper and sensiblealternative to our existence here?
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All reasonable and sensiblealternative uses for those sites vacated will be considered.
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The sensiblealternative to a central count is a county count.
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I would comment here on the fact that he did not make any reference at all to any sensiblealternative to this merger.
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