Example sentences of "at least the illusion " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our subject points towards wider horizons , offering a further dimension of perception and perspective , giving us at least the illusion that we transcend the confines of time . |
| 2 | Words and names , as we all know from everyday experience , possess magical power : naming and identifying experiences and things imposes some degree of control over them and gives at least the illusion of bringing them within our power . |
| 3 | This reduction of demand to a tow level maximized the number of children who could proceed without assistance , and offered at least the illusion of motivation through enjoyment . |
| 4 | There seems to have been very little , if any , educational advantage in this elaboration , but there certainly was an advantage , in a profession which had become vastly overcrowded , of lengthening the period of education and , when one had finally become a muderris , of providing at least the illusion of advancement by the introduction of a number of grades which were unnecessary except in bureaucratic terms . |
| 5 | Only when she looked down , fixing upon her own feet , had she at least the illusion of vision . |