Sentence examples for useful substitute from inspiring English sources

Are they a useful substitute for hearing aids?

But Miss McRobbie's book would be a useful substitute.

"I don't think they have anything that would be a useful substitute for leather".

However, Smith also said that new high-speed services, cited as one reason for closures, were not always a useful substitute for night trains: "Paris-Madrid still takes eight hours, so it makes sense to do it overnight – but you can't".

Gale sounds like the sort of captain best suited to leading a winning team of supposed "underdogs", as indeed he did for much of last season; Sayers a useful substitute to have around when Gale's rallying cry of "The Tykes are reborn" has been exposed, confidence is low and there is a need to think a lot and tread carefully.

ICDPIC-R may be a useful substitute when this ideal cannot be obtained.

Fresh milk and cream have always been preferred by American consumers, she said, with the shelf-stable products seen as inferior, if useful, substitutes.

Some useful substitutes have been found, however, for the coiled-spring supporting unit; they include the modern nonsagging springs that may be clipped to the frame and the steel bands that are held to the frame by helical springs.

However, quantum dots could still serve as useful substitutes or add-ons of those phosphors for enhanced performance due to several reasons.

The advantages of an agreed eponym cannot be ignored as these are considered as labels or handles [ 5], and are useful substitutes for cumbersome, tongue-twister (eg, Susac syndrome for retinocochleocerebral vasculopathy) or offensive nomenclatures (eg, Hurler syndrome for gargoylism) [ 5].

If Hughes does not trust Taarabt with a regular role, he may have a useful impact substitute but risks having an unhappy player at the club for the rest of the season.