| 1 | Sanctions were a mere fig-leaf for weak politicians. | |
| 2 | Can we say that Yao Ming is the fig leaf created by the Chinese Men's Basketball Team? | |
| 3 | Morally the question was, am I becoming the fig leaf to legitimate a system that was deeply corrupt? | |
| 4 | They suspected that the free-market rhetoric - "the Washington consensus, " as it is known in shorthand - was just a cover for the old commercial interests. | |
| 5 | One thing is certain: when the fig leaf of civilian government arrives in 2011, there will be no place in it for the Lady. |