Sentence examples for mere veneer from inspiring English sources
Still, GreenPalm, a certification program created by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, an industry group, has been criticized as greenwashing — that is, providing a mere veneer of environmental responsibility.
The poverty and austerity of Saint Francis were no mere veneer of asceticism, but something much more radical: a refusal to turn reality into an object simply to be used and controlled".
Instead they pander to a postwar cultural unease about the gains of the lower middle classes, with Delafield's novel, in particular, conjuring up a vision of a suburbia filled with seedy clerks and sulky housewives separated by the merest veneer of respectability from the squalor of their poorer forebears.
Over the codas, where Huntley notes "the merest veneer of the strings" accompanying Harrison's vocal, this orchestral part incorporates aspects of the string arrangement on John Lennon's recent hit song "#9 Dream", which in turn had been inspired by John Barham's score for "Try Some, Buy Some", co-produced by Harrison and Phil Spector in 1971.
If so, then it would be part of evolved human nature to employ moral judgment in governing human behavior, rather than a mere "cultural veneer" artificially imposed on an amoral human nature (de Waal 2006).
Jay-Z gave the Nets their popular color scheme and their logo and, through his ownership and mere presence, a veneer of cool.
But this isn't mere coldtronica – as titles such as I Don't Want You Calling suggest, there is heat behind the synthetic veneer.
Elsewhere the veneer thickens.
