Sentence examples for sham action from inspiring English sources
Different from the experimental treatment, a "sham" action observation was used for CG patients.
The states' lawsuit says Bristol-Myers and American BioScience filed a "sham court action" that helped delay the availability of a cheaper version of Taxol, a drug that can cost up to $10,000 for a course of treatment lasting several months.
Abbott's joke at the ineffectualness of the carbon price to affect the climate raises the question: does he believe that his "direct action" sham will reduce the greenhouse effect or cool the weather?
Senator John McCain, Mr Obama's former rival, called the Iranian election an obvious sham and called for action of some kind.But Mr Obama is playing it cool.
He will maintain that a series of measures, including an annual cap on skilled non-European migrants, new action on "sham marriages" and a crackdown on bogus colleges aimed at foreign students, are already having an impact.
Unfortunately, the replacement policy proposed by the Coalition, "direct action", is a sham that could only be proposed by a government that believes global warming is a hoax.
Washington is still aghast at how a presumed Bush team player can, by one dramatic action, expose the sham of an administration's supposedly invincible people skills and the unfairness of its policies.
We need to expose what a sham Tony Abbott's whole proposed Direct Action plan is".
GIVEN these cloudy prospects, some critics say Hearst's deal with Mr. Fang is a sham, meant to stave off antitrust action by the Justice Department while limiting Hearst's costs and shielding The Chronicle from serious competition.
"We think it's a sham and a way to delay action on gun safety laws," Geoghegan said flatly.
