He will function as a stand-in for Mr. Kiriyenko when he is out of Moscow.
For the left, Mormonism often functions as a stand-in for discomfort over religion generally.
It is best approached as an attenuated index, with every object functioning as a stand-in for scores of others.
They're both outsiders, though neither really functions as a stand-in for the audience, as you might initially expect.
Ker also functioned as a stand-in, this time for Jimmy Carr, when Carr was unable to attend one episode in series 5.
With regard to pricing, there is a formula for each industry that functions as a stand-in for what real competition would do.
After Rachel functioned as my mental stand-in for months and months, I realized I'd be an idiot not to go with my instinctual choice".
But at their most basic level, the 200 or so hacker spaces across the country function as a modern stand-in for the home workshop, especially in urban areas.
And so Jamaat prospered and became quite powerful, functioning as a sort of stand-in local government in some places.
Fortunately the guitar can also function as a stand-alone toy, for free jamming or just pretending.
