Sentence examples for phoney issue from inspiring English sources

The McCain-Feingold bill would ban so-called "phoney issue ads" (thinly-veiled campaign advertisements financed by outside groups) within 60 days of a general election.

Its other main reform is to ban "phoney issue ads"—commercials that purport to be about matters of general public concern (the environment, say, or national security) but which in reality attack your opponent.

So you can run phoney issue ads, but you must pay for them with "hard money"—a big blow, since they have usually been paid for with the softer sort.From this perspective, Mr McCain has not done too badly.

The judges also backed a bit of the law that bans candidates for federal office from raising soft money for anything putting members of Congress, congressional campaign committees and presidential candidates out of the soft-money business.The panel's ruling on phoney issue ads has a similar effect.

The shares were issued to 10 executives under the company's long term incentive plan this month and will pay out if the airline meets what Stelios described as a "phoney" return on capital employed (ROCE), a measure of how efficiently a business invests its capital.

The dispute centres on shares issued to 10 executives under the company's long term incentive plan this month and will pay out if the airline meets what Haji-Ioannou described as a "phoney" return on capital employed (ROCE), a measure of how efficiently a business invests its capital.

Instead of accepting the offer of space at the Western Waterfront or at a town beach in Bayville, this private club now concocts phoney safety issues.

British nationals, he said, were being done out of housing and healthcare by "dubious asylum seekers", and the issue of "phoney asylum seekers was likely to grow as the impression spread that this country was a soft touch".

Keane says the issue is a "phoney booze debate" concocted by dying media outlets to sell newspapers.

The SNP's response is to maintain their long-term policy of silence on the reality of issues in Scotland and manufacture a phoney referendum mark 2, led by Salmond, in Westminster.

Certainly, watching Zeta-Jones's Tony-night performance of "Send in the Clowns" on YouTube, I was struck by how mannered and breathy it was – how utterly phoney – but I suppose one can't necessarily ascribe that to issues of nationality.