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Though no substitute for a watchful eye, fences are a good way to help keep a wandering young one in bounds.
The native waratah that was grown around Sydney, the Dharawal people, which is my people, actually used that as a substitute for mother's milk.
I'd think a postcard from the next city would be an acceptable substitute for a formal thank you note.
I could squeeze my own lemons, but Jif make a perfectly acceptable substitute.
Then, if the paper money remains an acceptable substitute for the metallic money, no significant burden falls on the public.
There's no effective substitute for experimental verification and reproducible results.
The silk yarn produced from these equipment can be used as wrap and is a substitute for the imported tasar one.
Propaganda becomes an all-embracing substitute for reality, requiring the party to eliminate any alternative sources of information.
If you need to substitute for rose otto, rose geranium is not perfect, but it can give a suitable result.
His need for order, form, and tradition is a substitute for the id impulses that are repressed by his strong superego.
In the drawing for the eighth position, three alternates will be selected to substitute for any qualified driver who may be unable to compete.
To make turkey amandine casserole, simply substitute cubed chicken with cubed turkey.
These new noodles substitute soy flour for semolina flour and may contain egg whites or yolks to boost protein.
Basically we have to abandon coal-fired electricity and we have to substitute energy efficiency and renewables.
And it was a substitute, a veritable steal, and a serial larcenist who assured them of it.
The seeds of the fruits are diuretic and can be used as a substitute for rennet to curdle milk.
With land devalued, those needing wealth seek substitute assets to replace land in their portfolios.
Continuous chlorination should not be a substitute for a sanitary water supply.
In the case of animal sacrifices, the animal took the sinner's place and died as a substitute.
Compassionate assistance cannot, of course, be a substitute for the punishment of criminal acts or atonement for wrongdoing.
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Examples from Classical Literature
But as a substitute for such tanks or reservoirs he invented the accumulator.
We then shift the paper in the actinometer so as to get a fresh portion under the tissue strips, or we substitute a new piece.
For the idea of Berkeley, and the image of Bergson, I substitute the term matter.
Where the juice of the black cherry cannot be obtained, sirup of mulberries will be found an excellent substitute.
All agreed that when the breast-milk fails animal milk is the best substitute.
The leaves of a closely allied plant, Empleurum serratulum, are employed as a substitute or adulterant for buchu.
A substitute for this latter is a very small amount of water, with the addition of butterine or some good butter substitute.
A milk-white elephant or a camelopard is considered more than a substitute for character, incident, or wit.
He was doubtless well drilled in the discourse by the chancellor, or by his substitute, the choir school master.
As a substitute for the usual ring, the church key has been put into requisition.
The leaves of coltsfoot and of other plants have often been used as a substitute for tobacco in modern days.
This confection was found of great value on the march as a substitute for water.
The resin has been employed as a substitute for copaiba balsam, and plasters are made of it.
Cottonseed oil makes a better substitute for olive oil then does corn oil as it is at present refined.
For external use in neuralgic and rheumatic affections, as a substitute for solution of Delphinia.
Further, anything which has more than ordinary saleability may be used as a substitute, in one or another capacity.
The screechy orchestra is a poor substitute for the grand birds' concerts of June and July.
The district nurse was at her side, and another was placed as substitute on her district.
Taoism was out of the question as a substitute, because of its anarchistic and egocentric character.
Besides, the right of entrepot is a perfect substitute for the right of free port.
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