Sentence examples for is a poor substitution from inspiring English sources

At best most economists say it's minimal and argue that the policy is a poor substitution for more expansionary measures such as construction which generates jobs or direct assistance to lower income families like Food Stamps.

These experiments again used sulfur substitution, but they monitored the reverse reaction because sulfur is a poor nucleophile for a phosphorus center.

He is a poor executive.

History is a poor guide.

It is a poor city.

Sony is a poor third.

Greece is a poor country.

"This is a poor area.

But whatever prompted this last-minute substitution, it's a poor trick to play on Music Theater of Ventura County season ticket-holders, for it's difficult to imagine two other shows with so little in common.

The half-time substitution of Ander Herrera I thought was a poor call".

Finally, we calculated the nonsynonymous and synonymous substitution rates and showed that the ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitution compared to the value of one may be a poor indicator of natural selection.