Example sentences of "[prep] substituting [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After visiting Herzen in London he accused him of substituting passion for reason . |
| 2 | Both agreed that a draft outlining the main areas of agreement and disagreement should be drawn up by the end of January 1992 and the US Representative for Trade Negotiations Carla Hills cautioned that the USA had " no intention of substituting speed for substance " . |
| 3 | It might well be worth considering the effect of substituting VAT for income tax , classing all distributions to the proprietors of small private businesses as a Spending by that business , and to levy a withholding tax accordingly , thus allowing the business to prosper , unaffected by further government demands . |
| 4 | They stood accused of substituting prejudice for analysis and ideology for science ( Goot and Reid , 1984 ) . |
| 5 | We can then observe the effect of substituting place for bank in 18 and 19 : |
| 6 | But Merseyside and Manchester both proved last week that it is possible to concoct high drama without substituting motivation for mutilation . |
| 7 | Mr Beeton is considering a range of options to embellish their presentation without substituting fiction for reality . |
| 8 | It is an illustration of the way in which ‘ The Thing ’ works by substituting nonsense for sense , so that presently everybody is talking nonsense , and nobody can talk sense any more . |
| 9 | For Attridge , Puttenham truly supplements nature with art , by substituting art for nature . |
| 10 | It is the process of trying to persuade by substituting power for reason — the power being the ability to walk away from the deal and leave the other person stranded , the power to give the other person less than required — and sometimes nothing . |