Sentence examples for apparent breakthroughs from inspiring English sources

Some apparent breakthroughs have gone awry (an ally in Ecuador turned out to have bribed members of parliament to pass the anti-corruption law backed by Transparency International).

Khalilzad said "real strides" were made on U.S. troop withdrawals and Taliban promises to stop terrorist groups from operating on Afghan soil, but there were no apparent breakthroughs on a cease-fire or plans for including Afghan officials and society in the talks.

Then, despite several apparent breakthroughs, the EU insistence that there could be no hard border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic proved a major stumbling block, only settled in the end by the British accepting that the UK would stay in a customs union with the EU until a better solution could be agreed upon.

Many -- perhaps most -- apparent breakthroughs are just wrong.

At last came an apparent breakthrough.

There are reasons to treat this apparent breakthrough cautiously.

During his speech, he celebrated the apparent breakthrough with North Korea.

The Americans were disappointed by Rahlves's position but nonetheless encouraged by Sullivan's apparent breakthrough.

Is this apparent breakthrough the political movement that will end the impasse?

Despite the apparent breakthrough in the southern Indian ocean the search in the northern corridor continues.

This apparent breakthrough has not, however, carried over to national elections.