Sentence examples for tendency to substitute from inspiring English sources

Another weakness of the academic mind in dealing with teenagers, as with other topics, is a tendency to substitute vocabulary for thought.

Egyptian soldiers, many of whom were illiterate, were weakened by disdainful, corrupt officers, often afraid to tell unwelcome truths to their superiors, and by a tragic Egyptian tendency to substitute wish for reality.

I am sometimes engaged by feminist or post-colonial interpretations of literature, but what I object to is the prevailing tendency to substitute this mindset for one which engages carefully with literary language itself.

Thought has a tendency to substitute "signs" (i. e., words or images) for actual ideas.

In general, with increasing atomic number, elements in the same period show increasing tendency to substitute for Al, as is the tendency to substitute for Ti for elements in the same group of the periodic table.

The lack of such evidence brings with it a number of risks including a tendency to substitute evidence with a focus on political ideology, economic priorities and political party machinations (Ishimine et al., 2009).

Indeed, an additional effect of patient charges will be the tendency of patients to substitute the services that are subject to patient charges for other types of care.

To substitute new lyrics.

Indeed, you only have to substitute the phrase "electronic surveillance" for every reference to witchcraft in the drama to appreciate how effectively Miller identified the tendency of society to turn on itself in response to a threat to its security.

She offered to substitute yellow.

They have decided to substitute the Teddy-Bank.