Sentence examples for be a reasonable substitute from inspiring English sources

Mapping from ICD codes will obviously not be as accurate as AIS or ISS scoring based on direct access to the actual person or primary medical record (Meredith et al., 2002; Di Bartolomeo et al., 2010), and might be more accurate if more recent versions of the AIS were applied, but it appears to be a reasonable substitute when other methods are impractical or unavailable.

Self-reported frequency of doctor's visits using telephone interviews may be a reasonable substitute for administratively recorded data however, medication use by self-report appears to be unreliable.

Surface temperature may be a reasonable substitute for indices that rely on statistical computations with many variables if the intended purpose of the model is to prevent heat-related deaths.

As such, estimating the SIG from the AG, after correcting for albumin and PO4, and after subtracting lactate (i.e. AGc), may be a reasonable substitute for the long hand calculation [ 7, 39, 46].

They waxed lyrical about bistec de palomilla, the Cuban national steak, and debated whether lemon juice was a reasonable substitute for lime juice in the marinade.

"Testing just acts as a fig leaf for producers, who suggest that it is a reasonable substitute for condoms, which it is not," said Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

Maybe no group of New Yorkers missed MWP more than the New York sports media who would have had nonstop material with one of the most controversial and ridiculous players in NBA history on hand (although it should be noted that they had Stephon Marbury to kick around for a few years, which was a reasonable substitute).

A carbon tax, which would make owning a gas-guzzler more expensive and a zero-emission vehicle more attractive by comparison, would be the best approach, but in its absence, introducing specific taxes linked to pollution levels is a reasonable substitute.

Thus, the Anglo-Dutch auction described herein is a reasonable substitute for generation ownership by an LDC.

Thermodynamic data for the phase ferrosilite (FeSiO3) in the Winters and Buckley[43] compilation (originally from Helgeson et al. [35] in Table 2 is used to represent nontronite. This is a reasonable substitute provided the iron in nontronite is initially ferrous.

Fig. 3 and Table 1 indicate similar % secondary conformations for these peptides in either SDS or phospholipids, consistent with SDS being a reasonable substitute.