1.   A merger, Nicholson added, is a more viable alternative to keeping the brewery open than the planned management buy-out.

2.   Do you have a viable alternative?

3.   It is slightly longer and more expensive, but is nevertheless a viable alternative should the Qatif alignment be politically unfeasible.

4.   Nuclear energy is the only viable alternative to coal or gas.

5.   The electrical giants of the age, Siemens and Edison, were not yet able to offer a viable alternative.

6.   We want to make public transport a viable alternative to using cars.

7.   Without a viable alternative, the impact of higher taxes is to raise business costs and reduce consumer incomes.

8.   Is there a viable alternative to the present system?