Sentence examples for poor replacements from inspiring English sources

We've seen thin-film speakers around, but generally they make for pretty poor replacements for regular speakers.

In post-war Britain, for example, cheaply constructed new housing developments were often poor replacements for traditional communities.

It's a poor replacement for the old Penn Station".

Bureaucrats would be a poor replacement for the magic of the creative world.

But with only a few hundred people in attendance, it was a poor replacement for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games from which the court of arbitration for sport had definitively barred the Russian track and field team a few hours before.

It's a poor replacement for the old Penn Station, and meanwhile, the Long Island Rail Road daily commuters, using the station five times a week, are going to see very little change".

Benson Stanley, who was otherwise a poor replacement for the injured Aurelien Rougerie, crossed the line after a period of pressure, but Owens referred the score upstairs because he suspected Farrell had been blocked off the ball by Damien Chouly.

Collins was angered by a recent commentary from cardiologist Aseem Malhotra in the British Medical Journal which argued that pills were a poor replacement for better diet and more exercise – for lifestyle change, rather than tablets.