Sentence examples for semblance of democracy from inspiring English sources
A semblance of democracy was restored to Myanmar in 2011.
This is not even a semblance of democracy.
Any semblance of democracy was spurned for nigh on 30 years.
The attacks may have already started, but some semblance of democracy must now be restored.
There is not even a semblance of democracy in this situation, yet the junta fears her.
Frankly, I don't see any way to restore even a semblance of democracy until the Citizens United decision is overturned.
ASEAN is split between those who would like to admit Cambodia now and accept the status quo, and those who want a semblance of constitutional democracy restored.
Another postponement would be in breach of the law, ending any semblance of functioning democracy in Africa's biggest economy.For now, though, Mr Buhari's supporters are positive.
Meanwhile, there are signs that Mr. Karzai will use state machinery to ensure the election next year of a handpicked successor, which would further discourage Afghans who had hoped that years of war would yield not just stability but some semblance of participatory democracy.
In a scene of a political campaign (a rather absurd one, featuring a human cannonball launched into a net) in a distant village, where unpaved streets are fetid with standing water and basic infrastructure is the Presidential candidate's main promise, Cuarón suggests that Mexico was, at the time, at least a semblance of a democracy.
It did so in part because the semblance of social democracy that remained deceived enough of the discontented into believing that there was a real alternative there, e.g. Barack Obama, Francoise Hollande.
