8 sentences with 'alternative'

Example sentences and phrases with the word alternative and other words derived from it.

« The heyday of alternative medicine lasted until the Renaissance, in 16th century Europe, when illnesses began to be linked to purely physical factors. Three hundred years later, bacteria and viruses were discovered as the cause of infections. »
« Since then, specialists have been using this alternative medical technique to treat headaches, nose, throat and ear aches, as well as eye problems and nervous system disorders. »
« Another alternative technique that has always relieved man of tension and improved the general condition of the body is massage. »
« Unknowingly, with his experience, Jean Valnet laid the foundations on which this alternative discipline of contemporary medicine, aromatherapy, grew. »
« The United States emerged from the haze as the alternative to the antiquated and nauseating belief in socialist revolution. »
« However, throughout the Middle Ages, the fact that the lay public knew that the Church was corrupt and that many of its members were incompetent was of limited practical importance. There was no alternative. »
« In other words, when Protestants began to fight each other with the same vigour of their attacks on Rome, they no longer seemed a clear and simple alternative to Roman corruption. »
« Many Europeans have been attracted to the far-right parties mentioned above, largely because the two sides of mainstream politics are almost indistinguishable; for many Europeans, the far right appears to be the only 'real' alternative. »
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