The phrase "a convenient substitute for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing alternatives or replacements for something that are easy to use or access.
Example: "In many recipes, applesauce serves as a convenient substitute for oil, making the dish healthier."
Alternatives: "an easy alternative to" or "a practical replacement for".
Anti-government rhetoric has been a convenient substitute for a moral crusade, but it isn't universal or potent enough.
As Harris points out, all of this makes it a convenient substitute for another "serially elusive" phenomenon: the self.
The short attention spans of a generation that prefers texting to talking, and considers the mediated friendship of Facebook a convenient substitute for more demanding forms of communication, may find no fault with its scattered focus.
Like "Collateral," "Miami Vice" was shot in high-definition digital video, which Mr. Mann, in collaboration with the brilliant cinematographer Dion Beebe, treats not as a convenient substitute for film but as a medium with its own aesthetic properties and visual possibilities.
At the very least, parent proxy-report should be included to complement pediatric patient self-report as a secondary outcome measure, not to serve as a convenient substitute or proxy for pediatric patient PROs in pediatric clinical trials.
Taken together, the evidence is quite compelling that parent proxy-report of child HRQOL, across the age subgroups reported herein, should be included to complement pediatric patient self-report as a secondary outcome measure, not to serve as a convenient substitute or proxy for pediatric patient PROs in pediatric clinical trials.
Ogawa et al. [ 19] noted that BSM-BIA measured by the InBody 720 shows to be useful as a more convenient substitute for computed tomography when measuring VFA.
Although Ogawa et al. [ 19] noted that BSM-BIA using InBody 720 shows to be useful as a more convenient substitute for computed tomography when measuring VFA, study by Lee et al. [ 33] showed that VFA measured by BSM-BIA (InBody 720) was only significantly correlated with VFA measured by computed tomography in premenopausal adult women with a BMI less than 30 kg/m.
Why should any Syrian refugee die from the freezing elements for lack of a blanket? 2. Assad has found a convenient substitute to chemical weapons -- the Barrel Bomb.
However, as the σp is available only for a limited range of substrates, we decided to evaluate ΔΔGalkoxy descriptor as a convenient substitute.
He suggests that synthetic fabrics like Quiana ("a kind of nylon made by DuPont that was marketed as an affordable and convenient substitute for silk") and Ultrasuede (a synthetic used most famously by Halston) became popular in the '70s because "new ways of standing, lounging, dancing and living seemed to call for new fabrics," and people were "looking for visual appeal, novelty and ease of care".
