Sentence examples for a sham one from inspiring English sources
Proponents of participation, on the other hand, argue that an election, even a sham one, puts stress on the regime, thereby creating a chance for change.
"Testing is a sham," one marketing consultant says.
Nobody believes those who would go to the extreme of defying court orders in an effort to keep a Ten Commandments monument on public land are doing so with no religious agenda--even if it is a sham one in order to curry political favor.
THERE were more harsh words for Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, this week, as well as more promises of tough action against his regime following his re-election in a sham one-man run-off on June 27th.
Daesh is based on an acroyn for Al Dawla al-Islamyia fil Iraq wa'al Sham, one of the names Isis used to go by.
To be told that the Empire your forefathers administered was a sham is one thing, but to be told that this Empire imposed a view of history on its subjects that was merely false raises this iniquity to a philosophical level.
What it comes down to, in other words, is that Kushner's portfolio is either a sham of one variety or the other — a sop to his ego, a cover for business contacts, a label for things that Trump has no intention of dealing with at all — or the President has put matters critical to national security into his son-in-law's hands with the expectation that he will act on them.
Subjects were randomly assigned to: 1) nVNS: one 120-s electrical stimulation on each side of the neck using the gammaCore device and b) Sham: one 120-s electrical stimulation of the median nerve on each wrist using the gammaCore device.
Two studies 11 13 compared aflibercept 2 mg against sham; two identical studies 6 8 compared dexamethasone 0.7 mg (Ozurdex) against sham; one study 9 10 compared ranibizumab 0.5 mg against sham; one study 42 44 compared bevacizumab 1.25 mg against sham and, finally, one study 23 36 compared triamcinolone 4 mg against observation.
Any elections, even sham ones, offer a figleaf of respectability that can be worn at international gatherings such as those of the African Union.
Many claimed they had yet to decide who to elect from a bewildering array of unfamiliar candidates, and some were sceptical that the latest crop of prospective parliamentarians would be any different than the sham ones which preceded them.
