1.   Every so often, as a token offering to the concept of fiscal responsibility, the head of news gathering was axed for failing to stay within budget.

2.   The water is not safe to drink, he said, so they should decline token offerings of thanks.

3.   Millions of others who could not journey to Bangkok watched the ceremony live on state-run television or visited temples to make token offerings of carved sandalwood flowers.

4.   That appeared to be a token semantic offering to allow Mobutu to die as president, as he always said he would.