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Gas has become so cheap that it can be substituted for coal as an electricity-generating fuel.
CNN: 'Peak oil' doomsayers proved wrong
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Advocates admit that the only way coins can be substituted for paper is to remove the paper version from circulation.
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The law requires that the judgement of a few bureaucrats in Washington be substituted for the individual decision-making of hundreds of millions of Americans.
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The paper was remarkable not only for being accepted by a major journal but also because it considered wives and whores as economic "goods" that can be substituted for each other.
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Bay scallops belong to the same family: They are much smaller, about half an inch, but can be substituted for sea scallops (use three bay scallops in place of one sea scallop).
NPR: Scallop Mango Tartlets: Sweet Start to the New Year
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They urge that the pace of reform be slowed and simultaneous elections for both the presidency and a new parliament be substituted for the sequential approach announced by Yeltsin a fortnight ago.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy
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Though there are many more bonds than equities, they are far more homogenous, and thus can be relatively easily substituted for each other in portfolios.
ECONOMIST: E-bonds, licensed to kill
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It will not take long, he claims, for the proceeds to be substituted or diverted to the government's preferred ends.
ECONOMIST: Taxation
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With Kris Boyd a peripheral figure, thanks in part to the attentions of McLaughlin, he was substituted midway through the second half for Kyle Lafferty, rumoured to be attracting interest from Wolves.
BBC: Rangers 1-0 Hamilton
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Rosicky was substituted at half-time in Arsenal's win and Wenger confirmed the midfielder could be out for a month.
BBC: Arsenal's Tomas Rosicky sidelined with groin injury
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Since oil is easily substituted for natural gas in many industrial and electrical turbines, prices of the two commodities tend to be correlated (coal less so).
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