The phrase "alternative approval" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a different method or process of approval is being discussed or proposed.
Example: "The committee decided to implement an alternative approval process to streamline decision-making."
Alternatives: "substitute approval" or "different approval method".
Neither alternative – approval or rejection of the troika's terms – would be easy, he said, and both carried huge risks.
Neither alternative – approval or rejection of the troika's terms – will be easy, and both carry huge risks.
It is hard to advise Greeks how to vote on July 5. Neither alternative -- approval or rejection of the troika's terms -- will be easy, and both carry huge risks.
They're hardly more troublesome than (and, as Gottlieb does not mention, often identical with) those of the non-F.P.T.P. alternatives, "approval voting," where you put an X next to the candidates you find acceptable, but without ranking them, and "range voting," where you give points to the candidates, like stars in a movie or restaurant review, and the candidate with the most points wins.
The technique provides an alternative to approval ratings, which gauge support based on a wide range of issues over the short-term, or opinion surveys, which collect responses to a narrow, pre-selected set of issues over the long-term.
Mr. Cuddy said the Tax Commission suggests two formulae for machine operated withholding, but allows employers to submit alternative formulae for approval.
In passing the budget for 2010, Congress included a clause that none of the money could be spent on canceling or changing Constellation — or starting an alternative — without its approval.
Finally, in cases where the adverse impacts of the proposed action appear too great, an agency may select the no-action alternative or deny approval for the proposal.
Congress has not yet agreed to the changes and inserted into this year's budget legislation a clause that prohibits NASA from canceling the program, called Constellation, or starting alternatives without Congressional approval.
Alternatives include seeking approval for tax-exempt bonds from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, raising money from the private sector and issuing taxable bonds--which would cost airport officials millions of dollars more in interest compared to tax-exempt bonds, but not require the Burbank City Council's approval.
