Sentence examples for stand in place of from inspiring English sources

Hundreds of wonderful paintings stand in place of their artists' charisma.

It is also unfair on the Fed, which had to stand in place of America's collapsed shadow-banking system.

They stand in place of thought, but we proclaim them each time due to laziness, prejudice, or hypocrisy as though they were fresh insight.

It is particularly Keens-like in its preparation of lamb (and in its collection of rusty old saws on the walls, which stand in place of that restaurant's clay pipes).

Though this was sure to mean a rapid increase in the civilian death toll, it did not represent a red line for the hand-wringing policymakers in Western capitals, who had allowed the futile diplomatic efforts of Kofi Annan to stand in place of any concerted action by their governments.

The old railway station is now a museum, and gift shops stand in place of the old ticket offices.This type of destruction continues apace when, for instance, a new Wal-Mart sucks shoppers away from the Main Streets of nearby towns.

The war memorial, opened in 1941, today stands in place of Griffin's casino.

"The happy hooker," Lasch wrote, "stands in place of Horatio Alger as the prototype of personal success".

Writing stands in place of living and one story, in Ondaatje's hands, always leads to another.

A restaurant offering jerk chicken, oxtail, and curry goat stands in place of the former fruit-and-vegetable store on Herkimer Street.

"When I look back on all this now I'm dizzied by the blitheness that stood in place of any sort of business sense, the grand gesture of walking over to the roulette table and betting it all on a single number," Patchett admits.