The phrase "a substitute by" is not correct in standard written English.
It is not commonly used and may lead to confusion regarding its intended meaning.
Example: "The report was accepted as a substitute by the committee, allowing for further review."
Alternatives: "a replacement for" or "an alternative to".
With physical books, you can see if you are close to the end, and the Paperwhite provides a substitute by counting down the hours and minutes to go.
Rearranged desks, dropped books and students answering to the wrong names may be the least of the obstacles presented to a substitute by students who want to test the patience of an inexperienced teacher.
Walter Boyd achieved a similar feat whilst at Swansea, earning himself a dismissal before play had resumed when he was brought on as a substitute by Swansea during a game against Darlington back in 2000.
Edinson Cavani's winning goal, four minutes after being introduced as a substitute by the PSG coach, Laurent Blanc, tilted the balance in favour of the French club ahead of the second leg at Stamford Bridge on 9 March.
Elisabeth Luard, the author of European Peasant Cookery, points me towards haricots de soissons for optimum soft creaminess, but these big white beans prove elusive, so I have to make do with ordinary dried haricot, and the cannellini suggested as a substitute by Caroline Conran in her award-winning book, Sud de France.
Unsmoked bacon is often suggested as a substitute by cookery writers like Anna del Conte, on the basis that pancetta isn't widely available in this country and if you can get hold of a slab of good, dry-cured streaky bacon, and cut it into stout cubes yourself, it will work far better than the wafer thin pancetta often found in supermarkets.
She used to work two jobs, as a substitute teacher by day and a mail processor by night.
Doncaster's new striker Steve Brooker marked his debut on loan from Bristol City - as a substitute - by getting the goal that brought them their 1-1 drat at Watford.
Council members voted instead on a substitute motion by Councilman Dave Sullivan to repeal the fee immediately.
Retrospective data of 21 patients who had received a volume substitute by means of drips from ambient temperature served as a control group.
Did any non-boozy pints prove a hit on the Guardian's newsdesk – or were they judged a poor substitute by our panel of beer aficionados?
