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But in what follows, even this bit of tedious and phoney theory of causation disappears, and one finds only a mass of inexplicable events.

The appearance of oil painting on velvet created a gleaming effect, there was an incredibly phoney real feeling to it.

After a year of what felt, at times, like a phoney war, the past two weeks have seen unimaginable changes in the world financial system.

Still, there is no room for complacency. Today's phoney war could quickly turn into a real dogfight.

and for her i ' m making a porch ? people are so damned phoney.

WHEN Monopoly, the popular board game, replaced its play money with phoney debit cards last summer, it was a sign of the times.

Even if it is phoney in parts, the missile-defence row cannot be shrugged off easily.

Such disruptions may cut spam but will not put the lucrative phoney pharmacies out of business.

you yourself have said that it was long time ago. i know it is phoney to not to tell you myself.

The John Terry affair was quite different, and was shaped by a public storm of phoney moral outrage.

The protests' return may mark the end of several months of phoney war between the two main camps in Thai politics.

They were among the first imitators of Greek vases which they often decorated with phoney Greek inscriptions.

The regime is busily dividing up state assets through a phoney "privatisation" scheme.

Because implying that their parents can afford expensive dentistry elevates the girls' social position -- even if the conceit is phoney.

Even so , the phoney war in currency markets had better not become a real conflict .

"No phoney human rights concerns about publishing photos will get in the way of bringing these criminals to justice, " he added.

The only problem? The free, 14-page "special edition" newspaper is phoney.

Still, however distorting phoney fears may be, they are far preferable to genuine calamities.

By 2010, however, more or less everyone had concluded that Medvedev and his "liberal" agenda were phoney.

That anonymity creates a phoney equality, which puts cranks and experts on the same footing.

After this long phoney tussle, this week's Microsoft-Yahoo alliance could mark a turning point.

That professor is as phoney as a three-dollar bill.

And so much is phoney in the public debate over "permanent" American bases in the country.

Not a phoney one, she insists, but authentic and compelling.

It cited faked invoices, phoney training events and other abuses, chiefly involving health ministries in some African countries.

It pursued this phoney idea that James Bond and Harry Potter were British films.

The Charity Shield and the phoney war are just about behind us now and the first game is almost upon us.

In September 1939, Britain was fighting a phoney war alongside a seemingly powerful ally, France.

For this a new European Union-wide programme is needed, and one not reliant on fudged estimates and phoney stress tests.

if you are a failure in your devotional life, you are a phoney in every other part.

This phoney chumminess, so popular in the modern office, is a distraction from the job in hand and leads to ill-feeling when the mask slips.

Research on the Implication of "Fake and Phoney"

The first we is phoney and to be avoided.

but my deeds just made things worse. I'm a fraud. I'm a phoney!

The story sounds phoney to me.

After the phoney war, the real battle is finally coming into sight.

AT LAST the phoney war is over.

But what is most offensive about Marilyn's victimhood is that it was so phoney.

Many officials have phoney diplomas in China.

Don't give me any phoney excuse.

Phoney politeness and muddled messages: a guide to euphemisms

He's gonna know that you're phoney