Sentence examples for serves as substitute from inspiring English sources

Her father was the reverend at a progressive Southern church, and, just as science often serves as substitute religion for her characters, theatre seems to provide her own religious surrogate.

She compares her feelings for Kojo with the pain of childbirth, and he serves as substitute for Guy.

To facilitate a phase-out process, alternatives assessment is commonly applied as an emerging approach to identifying chemicals (or materials, processes, and behavior changes) serving as substitutes.

/ This place where you are now situated should serve as substitute for places you do not yet inhabit, whether exotic or routine.

But few emerging markets have reached a stage at which they can withstand a sustained collapse in the developed economies, much less serve as substitute engines of global growth.

In a move that city officials say will save $60 million, that union agreed to suspend sabbaticals for a year and to let teachers in a reserve pool who do not have full-time assignments serve as substitute teachers.

He has served as substitute moderator on "Meet the Press," and has been a substitute anchor for the weekend editions of "Nightly News" and "Today".

It is not clear whether PCR was an additional major criterion or served as substitute for serology.

Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) is a type of biodegradable polymer that can serve as substitute for petroleum-based plastics and a biocompatible material that has promising applications in biomedical or pharmaceutical field.

Her books served as substitutes for the overflowing mother love that has always made Oprah so soothingly irresistible.

The chief downside of the Federal Communication Commission's decency standards for the networks may be that they promote the spread of grating expressions that serve as substitutes for profanity.