Sentence examples for substitutes for materials from inspiring English sources

In recent years, images on screens have become substitutes for materials and objects.

The term was coined by General Electric during the second world war, to describe a way of finding substitutes for materials then in short supply.

Usage of current available resources substituting for materials that are no longer available for photogravure.

(Graphene is being explored as a substitute for materials like gallium arsenide, used in high-frequency military communications equipment).

In 1889 a French chemist called Jean-Jacques Trillat discovered that if casein is treated with formaldehyde the result is a hard, shiny substance that does well as a substitute for materials like ivory and tortoiseshell.

CNTs have recently emerged as a promising substitute for materials of different properties and various applications in hydrogen storage, gas sensors, textiles and many more [5, 6].

These parallel systems of exchange (or community currencies) are designed to promote sustainable development by localising economic development, building social capital and substituting for material consumption, valuing work which is marginalised in conventional labour markets, and challenging the growth-based monetary system.

The materials reused in recycling serve as substitutes for raw materials obtained from such increasingly scarce natural resources as petroleum, natural gas, coal, mineral ores, and trees.

He learned how to obtain substitutes for scarce materials and use less of those available.

"There are no inexpensive substitutes for these materials right now," he said.

AT one time, plastics were considered to be cheap substitutes for quality materials like wood or metal.