Sentence examples for exercise a sham from inspiring English sources

Is the exercise a sham?

We adopted a pragmatic design, meaning that we allowed natural variation in clinical practice of smoking cessation treatment and did not use a sham relaxation exercise control[ 14].

New York's legislative redistricting committee is holding public hearings around the state, but the exercise is a sham.

So claims of impending economic disaster are probably overdone.Some people regard the whole carbon exercise as a sham.

Liberals dismiss the exercise as a sham intended to distract attention from enduring ties between wealthy interests and conservative policy and politicians.

Still, it's a fun read if only for bits and pieces like, "In hindsight, I have to conclude that the entire exercise was a sham, plain and simple.

Needles inserted into four acupuncture zones in the ear that are commonly used in treating addiction did no more to curtail cocaine use than relaxation exercises or a sham procedure in which needles were inserted into the rim of the ear.

Recently weaned rat pups were randomized into four 6-week experimental groups: forced exercise, voluntary exercise, control, and a sham surgery control.

The strength of this study compared to some previous investigations lies in the use of a sham exercise rather than non-treatment control condition and the randomized design and intention-to-treat analysis.

An evening of mainstream theatre thus becomes a little touch of birthright in the night, a sham exercise where less is offered in the guise of more, where the play is just the prelude to the eating out, where the acts we see are forgotten by the time we find our cars, our taxis or our bus-rides home.

There are additional reports from the ground in Congo that the "voluntary" relocation of IDP's from camps in and around Goma is a sham exercise.