Sentence examples for short-term alternative from inspiring English sources

A recent report from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport concluded there was no short-term alternative to the licence fee.

Natural gas is still not considered as crucial as oil for overall energy security since oil's main use is for transportation and there is no short-term alternative.

Switching to an all-volunteer force is a short-term alternative, although the decline in the recruitable age group will force up military wages as the armed forces compete with civilian employers for the same age group.

PAGE A21 Metro A TOLL PROPOSAL TO AID M.T.A. Stalls in State Senate A proposal to add tolls to bridges over the East and Harlem Rivers to help finance the beleaguered Metropolitan Transportation Authority appears to be dead in the State Senate, as the Democratic majority is preparing to offer a short-term alternative plan to bail out the authority.

And only the delays to Boeing's 787 have kept Airbus in the mainstream wide-body market: airlines have opted for the Airbus A330 twin as a short-term alternative to the delayed American plane, which promises better fuel economy with its lightweight composite structure.

"The change in Chinese attitudes toward consumption has been accompanied by the continuous improvement of short-term alternative accommodation products.

Most mainstream economists say that temporary tax cuts directed at low- and moderate-wage earners or aid to local governments to allow them to avoid raising taxes next year would be much better short-term alternatives.

Typical of the short-term alternatives that companies have sought is the 146,000 square feet that Morgan Stanley, an investment banking company that had 840,000 square feet in Tower Two of the World Trade Center, sublet in the One Hudson Square building at Canal and Varick Streets, said James Meiskin, the president of Plymouth Partners, a tenant's broker.

Consider the short-term alternatives.

Today, this practice offers a conservation strategy for the protection of endangered species for which no short-term alternatives are available.

For assessing the potential of a chemical to be toxic, a significant breakthrough was the creation of cheap and short-term alternatives to the rodent bioassay, the main tool of the research on chemical carcinogens.