Sentence examples for semblance of competition from inspiring English sources

There is at least some semblance of competition in the wireless market, so carriers may have an incentive to offer attractive rates for new business.

The State Duma, the lower house of parliament, is currently made up of four parties: the pro-Kremlin behemoth United Russia, and three smaller opposition parties which provide a mere semblance of competition.

Then Better Be The One and Perfect Pins, no respecters of persons clearly, pushed up on the inside to deprive him of the easy lead that would have ended all semblance of competition.

Perhaps not surprisingly, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has emphatically stated that this proposed merger threatens any semblance of competition.

His goal is to help teenagers manage an adultlike world of competition while maintaining a semblance of youthful life and fun.

Though it offers a semblance of choice -- about 15percentt of enrollees sign up with managed care -- the rules stifle competition from managed care plans, which are not even allowed to cut premiums to attract customers.

Despite the disapproval of a psychiatrist mother and feeling keen competition from a temperamental artist-turned-social-worker father, Hazak stops at nothing to achieve even the semblance of fame.

Over time, a semblance of normalcy returned.

A semblance of normal life has returned.

Some semblance of spring had momentarily arrived.

A semblance of political comedy.