Sentence examples for an ostensible difference from inspiring English sources

Nevertheless, there is an ostensible difference between buying a young talent like Sven Bender from 1860 Munich and poaching an already established, globally coveted superstar from a major title rival.

Why does an ostensible "ally" seem to constitute more of a threat than, say, Iran?

That's unusual during an ostensible period of recovery, particularly from such a vicious recession.

This is sometimes called "critical thinking," an ostensible goal of education in a democracy.

And an ostensible commitment to the brotherhood of man restrained at least some racial prejudices.

More typically, as Keds did with sneakers, a company locates an ostensible coinage in a pioneering ad campaign.

The same goes for an ostensible liberalisation of rules that require women to have a male "guardian".

Elaborate fantasies and raucous antics converge with Gomes's view of an ostensible democracy whose citizens have lost control.

"Inglourious Basterds" is a live-action cartoon, "The Baader Meinhof Complex" an ostensible replica of reality.

For an ostensible outsider, Po conforms very much to familiar animated-movie type.

"The phones have an ostensible purpose, an excuse for carrying them around," Dr. Miller said.