Which preposition to use with substituting

for Occurrences 1138%

Once heard a botanist say that leaves of the white shore-willow made fair substitute for tobacco.

in Occurrences 119%

Substitute in turn four words for discharge in the sentence "The judge discharged the prisoner"; two in the sentence "The foreman discharged the workman"; two in the sentence "The hunter discharged the gun"; three in the sentence "The sore discharged pus"; two in the sentence "My neighbor discharged the debt"; two in the sentence "He discharged his duty.

of Occurrences 22%

They, therefore, sent their armies into Germany, to superintend the approaching election, and by hovering over the territories of princes unable to resist them, extorted voices in favour of their ally; a prince, whose dominions must, by their situation, always oblige him to compliance with the demands, and to concurrence in the schemes of his protectors, and who will rather act as the substitute of France, than the emperour of Germany.

to Occurrences 8%

This is not the case at all; it is, however, certain that there is nothing yet discovered which is a substitute to the English patient for his cup of tea; he can take it when he can take nothing else, and he often can't take anything else, if he has it not.

on Occurrences 8%

Johnnie ran into the kitchen to help Mrs. Bence get breakfast on the table, for Pap Himes was bad off this morning with a misery somewhere, and his daughter was sending word to the cotton mill to put a substitute on her looms till dinner time.

as Occurrences 4%

Out of your own resources substitute as many words as you can for free in each of these sentences.

without Occurrences 3%

Can the other member be substituted without affecting the meaning of the sentence?

at Occurrences 3%

In their flesh, however, they are not so white as the common fowl, but more inclined to the colour of the pheasant, for which it frequently makes a good substitute at table.

than Occurrences 2%

Where once my wit perchance hath shone, In aid of others let me shine; And when, alas, our brains are gone, What nobler substitute than wine?

by Occurrences 2%

He thinks that the error was due to the copyists, who had substituted by mistake the letter [Greek: i] for [Greek: x].

during Occurrences 2%

It may be put off with advantage during the night, and cotton maybe substituted during the summer, the flannel being resumed early in the autumn.

therefor Occurrences 2%

They abolished the salt-tax and the sales-duty, which had met with such opposition; but, stanch in their patriotism and loyalty, they substituted therefor an income-tax, imposed on every sort of folk, nobles or burghers, ecclesiastical or lay, which was to be levied "not by the high justiciers of the king, but by the folks of the three estates themselves."

with Occurrences 2%

Naow, I got a red an' green plaid what belonged to my second stepson, Henry O. He never would 'a' died o' pneumony, either, ef he'd a-took my advice an' made himself a newspaper nightcap last time he substituted with the 'Savers.

throughout Occurrences 1%

The name of Cibber was substituted throughout for that of Theobald, the portraiture remaining the same.

like Occurrences 1%

what sweet friends are our own born sisters!there can be no substitutes like them in the whole wide world.

of Occurrences 1%

For in this case, as in the others, the essential revolution is not the substituting of any one set of restraints for any other, but the limiting or abolishing the authority which prescribes restraints.

within Occurrences 1%

As the best substitute within our reach we agreed to walk across Regent's Park together.

before Occurrences 1%

For copper used in electrical and other industries she claims to have devised substitutes before the war, and her experts now assert that a two-years' supply of copper and brass has been gathered from the kitchens and roofs of Germany.

for Occurrences 1%

* 'SPELLING PRONUNCIATIONS' Many writers on English pronunciation are accustomed to pour undiscriminating censure on the growing practice of substituting for the traditional mode of pronouncing certain words an 'artificial' pronunciation which is an interpretation of the written form of the words in accordance with the general rules relating to the 'powers' of the letters.

in Occurrences 1%

To be instrumental in terminating the evils of civil war and in substituting in their stead the blessings of peace is a divine privilege.

through Occurrences 1%

"You can hire a substitute through any typewriting agency on the basis of three dollars a day.

Which preposition to use with  substituting