Sentence examples for sort of substitute from inspiring English sources

Subsequently, he was bemused to find himself being consulted as an agony uncle by American students, as a sort of substitute for CS Lewis.

You don't need to be a psychologist to see Sacks's unusual depth of involvement with his patients as some sort of substitute for those 35 romance-free years.

"That is why we are all interested in this sort of substitute meat product – it allows people to not change their eating habits".

Another interesting aspect is using of the selected phage itself as a probe in detector devices, like sort of substitute antibodies.

On one hand, mobile Internet access was a sort of substitute for travel because many tasks could be completed online instead of by physical movement, such as collecting information about jobs and commodities.

Down to Westminster, another surprisingly well-dressed lady in her mid-40s – honestly, she looks like she could've been one of Lord Sugar's assistant on The Apprentice, a sort of substitute Karen Brady – waves a home made sign and calls us all "traitors"; a man in the high tower of a tall ship gives us a distant thumbs down.

Keep notes of which work best and what sorts of substitutes you and your family like most.

"This has become sort of a substitute for religion for you," one of them said, awed.

In this way, music acts as a sort of cathartic substitute for real sadness.

"Perhaps his trip to Europe should be seen as a sort of a substitute," Mr. Fewsmith said.

I think she'll come back to drag, but she'll come back in sort of a substitute teacher sense, where she shows up when she wants and then she goes back to sleep when she wants.