Nor is it a satisfactory alternative to establish, as you suggest, commissions to uncover the truth about the past.

Whether antibiotics could be a satisfactory alternative to surgery in the long term is unclear; some studies show possible short term benefits.

We ended up munching on 14 different tidbits in all, a satisfactory alternative to a full-fledged dinner.

There is really no satisfactory alternative to American leadership.

They have not presented satisfactory alternatives to the Democratic projects they have attacked.

It's hard to see any satisfactory alternative.

But at present there is no satisfactory alternative.

Yet she cannot find an entirely satisfactory alternative, for the life of the spinster is often portrayed in stark terms.

Near the Hub less satisfactory alternatives were available.

Although my own options were fairly limited - and moving was not one of them - satisfactory alternatives do thankfully exist.