Sentences with phrase «somewhat of a sham»

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Some of the best support for this contention came in 2012, when researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and their colleagues published a meta - analysis of 29 studies involving nearly 18,000 patients, which found that traditional acupuncture produced a somewhat greater reduction in pain than placebo or sham acupuncture.

This is actually dually appropriate given Gervais» character is somewhat of a depressed mope whose marriage to the pretty awful Eleanor (Vera Farmiga) is a sham, and it's depressing how bad Bana is in his role.

It is also understandable that they get irritated by those who try to expose CAGW as a sham, since they generally have enough wits to perceive that this would make them somewhat part of the sham, and nobody likes to be called a crook.

While the facts of the case are somewhat complex, the gist of one of the main complaints is that the marketing agreement between the defendant «team» and Lakeview Title was a sham created to essentially compensate the defendants for the referral of settlement services.