The most immediate and practical alternative, they say, is a more efficient use of the oil now available.

The only immediate alternative is to recreate the Panamanian Defense Forces.

He came up empty on an immediate alternative, as did many New Yorkers just grasping the idea of a city without subways or buses.

He would obey the blonde's command, she knew, because he had no immediate alternative.

Without an immediate alternative, and with cold weather setting in, workmen have abandoned the project until spring.

That left him with only one immediate alternative: returning to the bargaining table with the Democrats.

The immediate alternative to burning is to plough the straw back in, but that can be prohibitively expensive.

"I don't think this will be viewed as an immediate alternative to reinsurance," he said.

For those who seem to be accusing Cameron of some terribly short-sighted decision - what is the immediate alternative?

The immediate alternative is Brandon Short, a former Giants draft pick whom they signed as a free agent.