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constructive alternative

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meanings of constructiveand alternative


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constructive
adjective
uk /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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Examples of constructive alternative


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In the event of defiance, do they offer a constructivealternative, perhaps based on a different normative perspective, or new clinical trial data?
The test of whether reasonably partial guidelines are publicly justified lies in their broad acceptability in clinical practice in the absence of a defeating constructivealternative.
Many people lament the decline in the number of small farms, but protest without a constructivealternative plan is futile.
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The extensive package of special measures is a constructivealternative to unemployment and reflects our determination to help the worst affected.
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I therefore listened very carefully for some constructivealternative.
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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 and constructivealternative.
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They have given us no practical constructivealternative.
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Fourth, there is the criticism of the constructivealternative, 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 forward constructivealternative proposals.
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In response, the work force has asked for access to the books to enable it to formulate a constructivealternative to closure.
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I wonder whether there can be developed a constructivealternative to 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 a constructivealternative to offer.
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The only way of dealing with anyone is to have a constructivealternative.
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We have not heard in one single speech any constructivealternative to what we are doing.
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We will certainly fight this clause, and we may well bring forward a constructivealternative.
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Critics have failed today, as they have failed before, to produce a constructivealternative to it.
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It is no use making criticisms without offering constructivealternative proposals for the industry as a whole.
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He was long on criticism and absolutely void on a constructivealternative.
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They are designed to be a constructivealternative to sending the accused into custody for non-payment.
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Yet we have been given no constructivealternative.
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