Sentence examples for cosmetic effort from inspiring English sources

But in high def, signs of cosmetic effort gone awry can be worse even than plain old human features.

It goes well beyond athletic performance -- it's a cosmetic effort to look good, to impress the people they want to impress".

Lyndon Johnson only moved it out of government hands in 1968 in a cosmetic effort to pretty up the government balance sheet.

Given Congress' need to find a scapegoat for the financial meltdown of the Great recession other than itself, it will no doubt make a least a cosmetic effort at financial reform to show American voters that it has heard their cry to immediately overhaul these financial institutions.

Some critics think these are merely cosmetic efforts that do not address the real problem, however.

Sure, all major corporations have "diversity programs" but these include primarily cosmetic efforts (like honoring black history month).

At Tufi, too, residents contrast the government's cosmetic efforts to make the city presentable for World Cup visitors and its negligence in dealing with long-term housing problems.

As the rebrand goes live, you'll see that most of Google's new cosmetic efforts come into play on the web.

So it made a few, somewhat cosmetic, efforts to clean up its act in on January 1 , 2001 Greece was permitted to join the eurozone, despite running a public debt way higher than the rules permitted.

Citing a history of rigged elections in Jordan that have produced toothless legislatures, many government critics have dismissed Wednesday's polling as a cosmetic and desperate effort by an absolute monarch to avoid handing over power.

The unexpected finding is at least a cosmetic setback for efforts to clean up Hempstead Harbor.