Sentence examples for given the illusion from inspiring English sources

Government might be given the illusion of hand-held, one-stop manageability, but no actual managing is going on.

That group of picks may have given the illusion that the N.F.L. has found a vein of foreign talent to tap in its continual quest to make the league more international.

There is only one word for Damien Hirst's toothy tiger shark, which gapes as it appears to glide towards you, as this natural history specimen is given the illusion of movement by the refractive perspectives of a glass vitrine: surreal.

Bits of lobster meat perched on endive, served with grapefruit sections ($9), was a graceful and refreshing combination, while the full-bore flavor of thin rectangular slices of pork belly ($7) was given the illusion of lightness by a lemony soy sauce.

By getting all this information on a screen, the public is going to be promoted and encouraged, given the illusion of hope that information and equality of access is going to to enable them to play.

An employee is often given the illusion of choice between different funds, but in reality they may all have high fees and do no better — or even worse — than the overall stock market.

"They give the illusion of control".

But she still gave the illusion of floating purity.

At least it gives the illusion of plunging.

Rising property equity giving the illusion of growth.

But, he added: "It gives the illusion that the Republicans have a plan.