Sentence examples for is a poor alternative from inspiring English sources
Growing fast is a poor alternative to growing up.
The NAS authors stress that geoengineering is a poor alternative to reducing the carbon emissions that cause climate change (known as mitigation).
"Lecturers and students are both starting to understand that online learning doesn't have to be a poor alternative to traditional campus-based courses.
Mr. Sobel referred to the eSniff system as "Carnivore for kids," and suggested that it was a poor alternative to the educational approach he said was favored by free-speech advocates: "Attempting to teach kids how to make responsible use of online resources and to be discriminating in what they are looking for".
Still, Capecchi says that even if the microglia link holds in humans, expensive and risky bone marrow transplants are a poor alternative for current obsessive-compulsive disorder treatments, which include behavioral therapy and drugs such as fluoxetine (Prozac).
Yet being settled in the United States is hardly a poor alternative to being settled in Australia.
I feel that equity release is also a poor alternative to other income-paying investments.
The internet is undermining local newspapers much more effectively than it is supporting alternatives".This is a poor town, and not computer literate," says Anne Tippett of the Civic Hall, an arts centre.
Obsession, Johnson implies, is a poor substitute for love, and scopophilia a thin alternative to sex.
Cow's milk is a poor substitute for hedgehog milk, but goat's milk is a passable alternative.
