For example, people tend not to imagine worlds with different natural laws, and they tend to imagine alternatives to more recent as opposed to earlier events, alternatives to actions as opposed to inactions, and alternatives to events that were within their control as opposed to events outside of it.
David Cameron yesterday said a Conservative government would promote Mumsnet and other "good parenting websites" as part of a drive to encourage "social action" as an alternative to state action.
The alternative to military action is not inaction – but the right action.
As an alternative to affirmative action policy, percentage plans are simply a failing concept without simultaneous affirmative action programs for undergraduate admissions.
The usual alternative to military action is "engagement".
The alternative to affirmative action, it turns out, may be far worse.
Yet in this conflict there is no safe alternative to resolute action.
Instead, he said, it was vital to offer an alternative to "armed action".
Judging by the statements of President Obama, the United States sees this as an alternative to military action.
Here, at last, is an intelligent alternative to affirmative action, a way to find successful minority students without sacrificing academic performance.
Among wide releases, the strongest hold in the top 10 was delivered by Spy (down 34%), a film that offered a clear alternative to summer action blockbusters.
