The likely alternative: the Mother Hubbard look.
And in Egypt the likely alternative is much worse.
But you also have to wonder if there ever was a likely alternative.
But the more likely alternative is that economic growth will gradually pick up.
A proxy battle for control of Yahoo, analysts say, is a more likely alternative.
The current approach is at least better than nothing, the most likely alternative.
Mr. Powell said only two weeks ago that an expanded version of the council was the most likely alternative.
And compared to the most likely alternative outcome of giving the state unlimited control over women's uteruses, it was.
The Chandra observation allowed the team to rule out the most likely alternative explanation for the explosion.
The most likely alternative is a permanent customs union, which could get the backing of a majority of MPs.
Mr Santos, and any likely alternative, will favour business-friendly reforms and investment in infrastructure, oil and mining.
