Sentence examples for substituted for action from inspiring English sources

"But I came into a situation in which dialoguing substituted for action.

Public discourses lamenting the "immorality" of sex work should be substituted for action that prioritises public health measures and legal frameworks which secure the long-term health of South Africans.

So montages of anxious faces substitute for action.

"We note that no individual act can substitute for action by the school itself," the statement said.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talked with Mr. Dai by telephone on Sunday, telling him that China's call for emergency consultations could not substitute for action by North Korea, said the State Department spokesman, Philip J. Crowley.

Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a speech today: "Beijing's call for consultations will not substitute for action, and I do not believe we should continue to reward North Korea's provocative and destabilising behaviour with bargaining or new incentives.

The international community and international agencies can assist, but cannot substitute for the actions and political will (which reflects both the scope and the limits of political action) to achieve food security within the country itself.

Every Tom, Dick and Harry, every journalist facing fading ratings, every politician bent on substituting rhetoric for action, is calling for a conversation on race.

She makes plain that Henry Z., who remained with the company until 1980, bore responsibility for the disastrous "Teflon Era" of Steinway production (eerily coinciding with the rise of the Teflon president), when fluorocarbon bushings were substituted for cloth ones and impregnated the action with clicking noises.

"However, his package is no substitute for action.

Words are not a substitute for action and we need to see follow-through".