Sentence examples for the appearance of progress from inspiring English sources

Yet the appearance of progress may be deceptive.

If there is even the appearance of progress in Moscow, Mr. Netanyahu hopes it may discourage Mr. Obama from acting for fear of appearing to be interfering, some scholars said.

But sometimes, depending on where you're standing in the matrix of race, class, wealth and geography, it feels that way, in which case, for all the appearance of progress, it may as well be.

Mr. Netanyahu may also have a domestic interest in playing along with the appearance of progress if he is serious about broadening his governing coalition by luring in Isaac Herzog, the current opposition leader, and at least part of his center-left Zionist Union party.

For all his talk about his aborning Web site and his determination to keep up the appearance of progress, Ben is almost equally fatalistic about the prospects of getting his life back in order among the growing ranks of the not very profitably self-employed.

Carroll (2001) argues that because we fixate on complex organisms, the appearance of progress as a necessary "forward march" is illusory.

The best and safest strategy for an Israeli government is to give the appearance, but just the appearance, of progressing towards Palestinian independence.

Three hundred and thirty million dollars can buy a team some talent, some credibility and a generous honeymoon — the appearance of instant progress shrouded in eight-figure contracts.

The big White House press event merely uses the appearance of incremental "progress" to forestall real, substantive changes to the one thing that unites us all: concern about the health and safety of the food we eat.

Ceiling tiles have been removed on both the upper and lower levels of the station with no appearance of progress to improve the conditions.

In Australia, self-regulation is still the norm, but the appearance of those guidelines is progress.