Sentence examples for be alternate from inspiring English sources
verb
To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
These fragments appear to be alternate splice forms, with the smaller clone (BfloGATA456-isoform b) encoding an alternative second exon, resulting in the loss of the first zinc finger in this isoform.
There could be alternate arrangements where there are conflicts.
Conroy and defenseman Robyn Regehr will be alternate captains.
In some deep sense, all works of fiction must be alternate histories and parallel worlds, for their protagonists and described events do not in fact exist.
Dorothy Rodgers's "My Favorite Things" and "The House in My Head" are not only precursors, they could also be alternate titles for Barbra's tome.
Since there are differences of opinion among specialists as to which taxonomic characteristics should be given priority, there are certain to be alternate classifications, the acceptability of which depends on new information continually being discovered.
Depending upon geographic proximity, this could be alternating weeks or months.
The leaves are alternate.
The leaves are alternate or opposite.
There were alternate subplots to this account.
"There's alternate ways of growing food," he said.
