1.   The inclusion of just one woman on the committee was seen as a token gesture.

2.   The government thinks it can get away with token gestures on environmental issues.

3.   Health warnings on advertisements do not work for the same reason as health warnings on labels -- they represent a token gesture which will have no material effect.

4.   Although many would argue that the RPG elements are a token gesture, no one disputes that hours of fun are possible.

5.   And the Sidney Poitier honorary Oscar proved not to be a token gesture, thank God.

6.   But a concession was widely seen from the IRA, which had hitherto refused to countenance even a token gesture on weapons.

7.   But it was a token gesture, and the Americans have not gone back since.

8.   But the token gestures just keep on coming.

9.   Is Voices Against Violence Week more than a simple token gesture, a mere bone tossed out to show Congress what well-behaved children they are all being?

10.   Last week Britain made a few token gestures, such as outlawing the use of cattle feed containing any kind of mammalian meat or bone meal.