The phrase "alternative except for" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you want to indicate that there is an alternative available, but one specific exception exists.
Example: "We have several options for the project, alternative except for the budget constraints we must adhere to."
Alternatives: "alternative aside from" or "alternative excluding".
Around half those questioned by the commission said they used the money for living expenses such as groceries and utility bills, while four in 10 said they had no alternative, except for borrowing from friends or family.
Indeed, he says as much–"There's no alternative except for buying"–in an interview in Toshiba's capacious executive suite overlooking Tokyo Bay. Toshiba's stock has been flatlining for ten months, and since taking over last year Nishida has been moving the pieces around.
The Republicans have offered no alternative except for their standard mantra about cutting taxes and regulations, which independent analysts say will not create jobs in the near term.
P_{n} left( i right) = P(U_{ni} > U_{nj},quadforall j in C_{n},i ne j), (1 where P n (i) is the probability of choosing a alternative i by decision maker n; U ni and U nj are representative utility of the alternatives i and j of the decision n, ∀j ∊ C n, i ≠ j indicates comparison of all alternatives except for the same alternative.
Most polar bears elsewhere will never have access to these alternatives, except for the marine mammal carcasses that are important wherever they occur.
Conversely, the worst-scoring path follows none of the best alternatives (except for the last evolutionary event).
Joyce Doubet, who with her husband, Joseph, runs a jewelry store on State Street, sees no alternative -- except for the street to become like too many modern downtowns, cold and dead after dark.
Our antibodies have specificity for the 2 major variants and all alternative variants except for BC_150287.
Testing was performed without knowledge of results of alternative assays, except for culture.
This approach always outperformed the alternative methods, except for a difference of 0.4% in one situation with the largest residual variance and smallest sample size.
The outcomes of customary spanking were neither better nor worse than for any alternative tactic, except for one study in which spanking reduced drug abuse more than nonphysical punishment[ 22].
