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01. I think this plan will work much better if we [alter] it slightly.
02. I had some [alterations] done on my pants at the store where I bought them.
03. The [alterations] to the motor suggested by the engineer have reduced fuel consumption considerably.
04. We haven't [altered] our plans despite the poor weather.
05. Let us know if you [alter] your plans.
06. I bought some new pants at Eaton's, and they're going to do the [alterations] for free.
07. The politician was forced to [alter] his policy somewhat, due to public pressure.
08. Leo Gomes once said that while modern technology has given people powerful new communication tools, it apparently can do nothing to [alter] the fact that many people have nothing useful to say.
09. If our sun's energy output varies beyond a certain point, it will [alter] the Earth's climate.
10. Ehricke Krafft once observed that we have no rational [alternative] but to expand the environmental and resource base beyond Earth.
11. She was able to wear her mother's wedding dress when she got married after making a few simple [alterations].
12. The world of work was radically [altered] by the Industrial Revolution.
13. Declining fertility has major consequences for the wider society, such as significantly [altering] the age structure.
14. The whole pattern of the world's population was [altered] by the African slave trade.
15. Freedom from slavery did not dramatically [alter] the lives of the thousands of African-Jamaicans, most of whom remained poor peasants.
16. Even the communists were unable to [alter] the beliefs of the mountain people of Albania.
17. Charles Yesalis has claimed that geneticists around the world now believe there could be genetically-[altered] athletes as soon as the 2004 Summer Games.
18. Even the tiniest error in our calculations could [alter] our flight plan, and cause us to miss our landing target on the Dark Planet.
19. The great country house at Knole has remained basically [unaltered] since 1603.
20. The chemical balance of the brain which controls awareness can be radically [altered] by the introduction of external agents.
21. The contract has already been signed and the conditions are [unalterable].
22. The facts of the incident are [unalterable]. You did it and now you are going to have to face the consequences.
23. The police are investigating the apparent [alteration] of some bank documents.
24. He was charged by police after [altering] his business records to make it look like he was making less money than he really was.
25. These are facts, and as such, they are simply not [alterable].
26. Garbage which is dumped into streams and rivers often accumulates on beaches, where it [alters] the environment of the oceans.
27. Our ability to change and [alter] this planet's natural environment is largely limited to surface processes.

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  • Alter — Al ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Altered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Altering}.] [F. alt[ e]rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other, alius other. Cf. {Else}, {Other}.] 1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Alter — Alter, gewöhnlich die Bezeichnung für die letzte Periode des Lebens, sofern dasselbe sich der als normal angenommenen Gränze nähert; in physiologischer Beziehung die Zahl der von der Geburt an verflossenen Jahre; man theilt es gewöhnlich in 6… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Alter — Al ter, v. i. To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure. The law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Dan. vi. 8. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Alter — Alter. In der Physiologie die Zahl der verlebten Jahre und der dieser Zahl entsprechende Entwickelungszustand des Körpers und Geistes. Pythagoras nahm vier Entwickelungsstufen (Lebensalter) an, jede zu 20 Jahren, Solon und Macrobius teilten das… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Alter [2] — Alter, Franz Karl, geb. 1749 zu Engelsberg Schlesien, Professor der griechischen Sprache in Wien, ward Jesuit, 1801 Custos der k. k. Universitätsbibliothek u. st. 1804. Er gab den Lucretius, Lysias, Thukydides, Homer, Georgius Phrantzes, das Neue …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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