1.   But that was largely a political gesture.

2.   The allegation lends too much importance to political gestures and transparently obvious tricks.

3.   This was an important political gesture and it is glossed over here.

4.   And, like his decision to cut his salary, it would be a positive political gesture.

5.   But as a political gesture it helped distance him and the Communist Party from the Cultural Revolution.

6.   Chinese authorities have frequently released jailed dissidents to the United States on medical parole as a political gesture of good will or once their cases became politically embarrassing.

7.   Democrats rejected the GOP resolution, calling it a meaningless political gesture.

8.   Eliminating tolls is a marvelous political gesture.

9.   He then offered Clinton an opportunity to reply, in what U.S. officials called a generous political gesture that Clinton eagerly seized.

10.   In this context, the nuclear tests appeared to have been as much a political gesture as a harbinger of military intent.