Sentence examples for a token gesture of from inspiring English sources

Today Apple appears even to have lost its famous innovative edge: the latest version of its operating system appears to have learnt some tricks from Microsoft's Windows 95.Microsoft's $150m is little more than a token gesture of support.

By the time the movie allows Edward a token gesture of humanity (his guilt-stricken attempt to reunite with an estranged daughter he cruelly betrayed), it is too little too late.

On March 16th and 17th the Bank of Japan's policy board meets against the backdrop of weeks of pressure from Mr Hatoyama and others to do more to lift the country out of deflation.The smart money is that the BoJ will make a token gesture of monetary easing, in an attempt to keep the government off its back.

"In the past, many corporate social responsibility programs have been of the 'feel-good' variety, generally a token gesture of cash or other support.

When at least 90 local officers removed their name tags while on duty during the G20 protests, Blair's response was a token gesture of one day's loss of pay.

He hoped the 33-year-old had not been chosen as a token gesture for a government of young people who "tweet and smile", he added.

David Fleming, Unite's national officer, said: "It is a token gesture to strip Fred Goodwin of his knighthood, but one which will be well received by the thousands of workers who lost their jobs during his rule.

David Fleming of the Unite union, which represents bank workers, said: "It is a token gesture to strip Fred Goodwin of his knighthood, but one which will be well received by the thousands of workers who lost their jobs during his rule.

Perhaps this MBE is a token gesture to soften the historical view of the establishment, as crushing dance music culture and retroactively re-claim its power to connect with the masses, or perhaps it's a genuine movement towards a greater level of acceptance and understanding.

Japanese news media have interpreted this proposal as a token gesture to appease Okinawans by moving at least some of the Marines off the island.

And even that release was merely a token gesture for the home-video edition.