Sentence examples for merely a facade from inspiring English sources

But often these arguments are merely a facade".

Miss Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party holds that the civilian Government is merely a facade for continued military control, and she refuses to acknowledge its legitimacy.

Why revive the cliche, as Mr. Muschamp does, that the peace and normality of the suburbs are merely a facade for rigid gender and social hierarchies?

During the dictatorship, democratic-like institutions existed but were merely a facade, stacked with supporters of Salazar; political freedoms were suppressed, sometimes ruthlessly.

How much more power are we prepared to give away before we conclude that our much-cherished democracy is merely a facade?

Israel claims in the last few days to have intercepted weapons from Iran, which it says proves that the more western-faced regime is merely a facade.

Turkey's candidacy was accepted in principle three years ago but has been held up by a series of concerns -- some legitimate, like human rights, others merely a facade for anti-Muslim prejudice.

A3 Mubarak Campaigns in Egypt The re-election campaign of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, has touched off a debate about whether the country's first multicandidate presidential campaign is an honest first step toward a freer and more open political life in Egypt, or merely a facade intended to help preserve the power of the old guard.

But what looks on face value like positive momentum heading into the fall may be merely a facade.

But I think this is merely a facade to create the impression that the NPA's decision has been made independently and the government did not play a role.

"But that's only a facade.