Sentence examples for much a substitute from inspiring English sources

For some Westporters, WestportNow.com is not so much a substitute, but a supplement.

Much too often in the past they have been as much a substitute for policy as an effective part of policy.

Pretty much a substitute for older, larger machines at libraries, hotels, hospitals and internet cafes that can't do much, the Linutop comes with an AMD Geode Processor, 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM, VGA display, and 100 Mbps ethernet.

Achieving softness and fluffiness doesn't seem like much of a substitute.

(Barnes replied, sarcastically, that "this did not seem much of a substitute for a wife").

And I don't think it's much of a substitute for real politics.

I'm not advocating anything so bold in a show adorned by Dame Judi, but the mild wittering of a few miffed ladies in silk skirts is not much of a substitute.

Of course, Hulu Plus isn't really much of a substitute for Netflix.

In its blog, Google explains the feature not so much as being a substitute for watching The Weather Channel or visiting a weather Web site so much as it is an extension of the Google Earth experience.

Cider was much more than a substitute for clean water, however.

I may not be able to attend personally, but I would like very much to send a substitute.