Sentence examples for close to substituting from inspiring English sources

The religious right -- in a move that any ayatollah in Iran would be proud to claim -- is dangerously close to substituting religious dogma for science.

The thing you've been most successful at is starting feuds with the media, which fires up portions of your base, but doesn't come close to substituting for real accomplishment.

Are we any closer to substitutes for crude oil?

Besides, when (frac{gamma }{beta }) tends to one, that is if composite goods are close to perfect substitutes, then a ( H) merger is implemented only when (n<11),18 otherwise only ( V ) mergers will be observed at equilibrium.

Modelling of the tammar USM1 tertiary structure showed that this cysteine residue would lie very close to C37 and substitute for the missing C73.

Thus, despite their small size, the acetyl residues linked at or close to the (Me GlcA substituted Xyl may interfere with productive substrate binding.

"I was very close to making three substitutes when we scored [the equaliser].

For life expectancy, sanitation and nutrition, we find a relationship that is close to linear the perfect substitute case where the various determinants of adaptive capacity can compensate for each other with relative and persistent ease.

The very thick subependymal cell layer that was present close to the caudate was substituted by loosely arranged and poorly differentiated neurons in the affected area.

During 1994 1998 the average contamination rate in the indoor environment of the "dirty zone" was close to 30% (29.1), but after substituting old equipment in 1998 the contamination dropped to a rather stable level at an average level of 7.8% throughout the remaining period (1999 2012) examined.

In a study I published with a colleague at Cornell in the mid-80's, we found that when gasoline prices increased, people did not cancel vacations, but rather substituted holidays close to home for faraway vacations.