Sentence examples for conceive an alternative from inspiring English sources

The dictator, even if he comes to pronounce himself "sick" of being one, as Mubarak did a few days ago, cannot conceive an alternative.

Sociological institutionalists claim that the strength of some institutions results from their taken-for-granted nature: political actors adhere to norms because they cannot conceive an alternative form of action.

also investigated alternative synthetic routes to circumvent the formation of [3]catenane isomers, but these ultimately proved unsuccessful.[ 16] In the late 1950s Frisch and Wasserman[ 2] and van Gulick[ 17] independently conceived an alternative synthetic strategy to knots, catenanes, and other topologically complex structures: the "Möbius strip approach".

As a native Chicago sports junkie embarking on a career covering many fields, I couldn't conceive any alternative to the two-time gold medalist Michael Jordan.

That independence has been so central to British rule of law that we can scarcely conceive of an alternative.

I think I've got to go and deliver a petition to 10 Downing Street or something shortly, there's a couple of other things we need to tie up... it wasn't shall we say, how I saw my life... but I can't conceive of an alternative universe where I didn't tell anybody".

He conceived a radical alternative: an online newspaper that would follow the community-supported model of public broadcasting.

Charter schools, conceived as an alternative to traditional public schools, first appeared in Minnesota in 1992.

This goes beyond the question of whether development aid is best conceived as an alternative to conflict or a path to victory.

Back then, Riot Fest was conceived as an alternative to mainstream line-ups that focused on current mega-pop stars and marquee veterans.

Finally, even though the group was conceived as an alternative to American power, none of the five member nations are eager for confrontation with the United States.