The phrase "alternative to put" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to suggest a different way to express the action of placing or positioning something, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "We need to find an alternative to put the files in the correct order."
Alternatives: "alternative way to place" or "different method to position".
Labour, like other centre-left parties, had no alternative to put forward.
Ten months later, Creque published an article in the conservative National Review in which he claimed to have identified a fail-safe alternative to "put people to sleep".
The grumblers have no alternative to put forward to Mr Putin's approach: that if Russia wants economic prosperity and respect, the only choice for the moment is to join the outside world, not sulk in a corner.
Italy needed a new electoral law, and possibly a constitutional amendment to make it less easy to bring a government down without an alternative to put in its place; a law to regulate conflicts of interest; and a framework for devolution, to counter secessionist trends.
"It's a cheaper alternative to putting them in a cage in the city pound".
So what is the alternative to putting radio programs on the air?
In the early days of spaceflight, there was little alternative to putting humans in spacecraft.
Yet egg-freezing is what Facebook and Apple are willing to underwrite as a plausible alternative to putting a career on hold to have children.
Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, commissioner of the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, said the scary matchbooks were the next best alternative to putting grisly advertisements directly on cigarette packs themselves.
Mr. Ortega said Sandinista leaders had decided to move against Bishop Vega and the owners of La Prensa as an alternative to putting them on trial.
To prevent further chaos in Yemen, there is no alternative to putting the peaceful and inclusive transition process back on track.
