The phrase "a likely substitute" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an alternative option that is probable or reasonable to consider in place of something else.
Example: "In the absence of fresh herbs, dried oregano can be a likely substitute in many recipes."
Alternatives: "a probable alternative" or "a feasible replacement."
With a replay looking likely, substitute Porter tucked in a penalty, and then caused pandemonium when he touched in a cross from winger Jamie Murphy.
They also ignored the fact that a person who chooses not to consume a salmon meal would likely substitute another protein source that also contains trace quantities of DLCs.
Lyle West, who played for the injured free safety Shaun Williams in the preseason, would be the likely substitute.
The House Democrats would most likely substitute the estate tax parameters that were in place in 2009, with an exemption of $3.5 million per person and a maximum rate of 45 percent.
Since this god was closely associated with Varuna in India and with Varuna's likely substitute in Iran, Zarathustra can hardly have ignored one-half of this divine pair without a definite purpose.
The South Korean government is thought to be likely to step in to help Hyundai to keep it from withdrawing from North Korea, partly because no likely substitute is seen to exist and partly because South Korea's president, Kim Dae Jung, won the Nobel peace prize for his efforts to improve relations with the North and does not want the process to slip backward.
The head of the Riccardiana, Fulvio Stacchetti, said the original letter was likely substituted with a fake around 1950-51, when the letter was loaned to national library authorities in Rome.
They are therefore proposed as one of the most likely substitutes for common antibiotics, to confront an increasingly serious threat to human health caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection [4], [5], [6].
XANES spectra on substituted Ru showed the majority of Ru was in the 4+ oxidation state (but not in the RuO2 phase) and was more likely substituted in the pyrochlore than the perovskite phase.
So now the Yankees will use four starting pitchers instead of three in their American League division series against the Detroit Tigers, with A.J. Burnett most likely substituting for one of Sabathia's starts.
