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- 01. The administration is going to [replace] all the computers with newer models over the next couple of months.02. I have to get a new blade for my razor, but unfortunately a [replacement] costs about 30 bucks.03. Coco Chanel once said that in order to be [irreplaceable], one must always be different.04. Edward Keating once observed that you do not destroy an idea by killing people; you [replace] it with a better one.05. I think I'd better [replace] the batteries in my bicycle light because it's getting pretty dim.06. Our secretary is on holiday but the temporary [replacement] we hired seems to be doing a good job.07. The dentist says I need to [replace] a number of my fillings because they are getting old.08. The crocodile continually grows new sets of teeth to [replace] old teeth.09. It takes 500 years to [replace] 1 inch of top soil lost through erosion.10. It takes about three months to [replace] one entire fingernail.11. It is estimated that 10 years from today, half the jobs now available to high school graduates will have faded out of existence, [replaced] by jobs that do not exist today.12. In modern society, knowledge has [replaced] muscle and physical capital as the principal factor in production.13. Someone once joked that computers will never [replace] man entirely until they learn to laugh at the boss's jokes.14. In 1976, Trinidad and Tobago became a Republic, with an elected President [replacing] the Queen of England as head of state.15. A Nigerian proverb notes that words are sweet, but they can never [replace] food.16. In 1987, Hu Yaobang stepped down as the Chinese Communist Party's general secretary, [replaced] by Zhao Ziyang.17. In 1927, the new city of Canberra [replaced] Melbourne as the capital of Australia.18. According to Time magazine, the amount of crops, animals and other biomatter we extract from the earth each year exceeds what the planet can [replace] by an estimated 20%.19. On January 1st, 2002, twelve different European countries began to [replace] their national currencies with the euro.20. At midnight of December 31, 1990, the Soviet flag atop the Kremlin was [replaced] by the Russian tricolor.21. In a recent study conducted at a museum, researchers gauged the popularity of each exhibit by noting how quickly the floor tiles in front of the display needed to be [replaced].22. We hired someone for the job for a trial period of three months, but it just didn't work out, so we're looking for a [replacement].23. During the war, women went to work in the factories to [replace] the men who were fighting.24. English gradually [replaced] Latin in services of the Church of England during the 1500s.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.