What is "in place of"

Usage examples of "in place of".

If these creatures are as genetically close to us as they appear to be she will grow a new foot in place of the lost one.

Against the starry sky, it looked to George as if they'd emerged from the players' tunnel into a vast stadium, at least a mile across, with an almost circular ring of steep hills in place of tiers of seats.

Grant, in place of all consolations of the world, the most sweet unction of Thy Spirit, and in place of carnal love, pour into me the love of Thy Name.

Their ways were ruder and more primitively Hyborian than those of the Aquilonians, their main concession to the ways of their more civilized southern neighbors being the adoption of the god Mitra in place of the primitive Bori –.

It would require Prince Pirondael and his barons to accept an unsatisfactory truce, in place of a war they were losing, while Holtish Prince Uldren and his barons would end the war knowing that the tide of battle was about to turn against them.

I should have said, `Amen' in place of `yours respectfully,' shouldn't I?

Don't ships have executive officers to handle most business with the crews in place of the captains?

I had it put up in place of a wall that had been there for years, - ever since the house was built.

Especially when the people in them don't know for sure what they want to put in place of what they have.

But his physical appearance repelled: the furry skin, the long snout in place of a nose, the hooflike hands, and beady eyes all seemed to denote a lesser intelligence.

The earth must die or be made anew, and for government new principles must be discovered--something besides armed hands--something in place of Force.

The Defenders are tasked to hold the great fortress called the Stone of Tear, in the city of Tear, to defend the city, and to provide police services in place of any City Watch or the like.

Clouds scudded across the sky, and moon-shadows floated over the gleaming white that covered the ground, a smooth sheet broken by the dark mounds of tents and the taller shapes of canvas-topped wagons that now had long wooden runners in place of wheels.

The only brightness Ylo could detect in the gloom was that his current civilian dress included boots in place of military sandals.