Sentence examples for appearance of action from inspiring English sources
It encourages what Westminster is best at: the appearance of action.
Yet some civic organizers said Mr. Weiner often seemed more focused on the appearance of action.
The broadcast has suddenly prompted at least the appearance of action by the government.
In politics, the appearance of action is often almost as effective while it lasts, as action itself.
The point is, instead, to create the appearance of action, thereby undercutting political support for actual attempts to help families in trouble.
But the results have to be more than a showpiece packaged to give the appearance of action without making substantial reforms.
In its crime policy, it took actions that it knew were futile in order to create an appearance of effective action and to transfer the blame for inaction to the political opposition.
The coalition conference in Paris seemed more concerned with the appearance of taking action than with concrete steps.
Major stockholders of the two companies continued to be identical until 1951, when a U.S. District Court compelled them to sell their stock in one or the other company in order to remove the appearance of collusive action.
However, in five FSIs serotonin did cause the appearance of spontaneous action potentials (at an average frequency of 3.6 ± 2.1 Hz), as shown in the examples of Figs 2B and 6A.
