11.   And as budgets have tightened in response to a slowing economy, companies are increasingly looking for cheaper alternatives.

12.   And he did not raise prices when others did, fearing that customers would seek cheaper alternatives.

13.   And it is pitching them as a cheaper alternative because they have been designed from the outset to be used with one another.

14.   Aqua Penn water will now be packaged under the Dannon label, which Danone introduced as a cheaper alternative to Evian, its imported brand.

15.   Arbitration has long been viewed as a cheaper alternative to lawsuits because legal costs are kept down.

16.   As the market for office space in midtown has tightened and rental rates increased, tenants have been looking to downtown as a cheaper alternative.

17.   At the same time, it has given private businesses a cheaper alternative to bank financing.

18.   ATMs were originally put up outside bank branches as a cheaper alternative to live tellers.

19.   A cheaper alternative is dried beans.

20.   A far cheaper alternative, at least in the short run, is to convert stop-and-go intersections into roundabouts.