Sentence examples for basis of appearance from inspiring English sources

Clothing selection is generally made on the basis of appearance (looks and fashion), costs, and fit.

On the basis of appearance, nebulae can be divided into two broad classes: dark nebulae and bright nebulae.

There is no Barcelona chair here; no single item outlives its agenda and makes its appeal on the basis of appearance alone.

Portnick complained to the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, under a law the city had passed in 2000 to prevent discrimination on the basis of appearance.

Since it is nearly impossible to examine water simply on the basis of appearance, multiple processes, such as chemical analysis, have been developed to test contamination levels.

The cheerleaders are chosen on the basis of appearance and ideology — they undergo background checks, to insure that there are no defectors or enemy sympathizers in their families, and they must be pretty (and at least five feet three).

Leslie and Grace, unlike Glen, don't narrow-mindedly judge relationships on the basis of appearances or of age (what Grace calls a mere "number").

Virgil van Dijk has completed his long-mooted move to Southampton from Celtic for £11.5m – a fee that could rise to £13m on the basis of appearances.

Potential conflict creeps in at the level of judgment, where ontological claims are made on the basis of appearances.

Other, perhaps more convincing pieces of evidence for indeterminate appearances include our inability to say exactly how far away certain objects seem to be, our inability in some cases to say merely on the basis of appearances whether two objects are the same color, and our inability to read blurred or far-away words.

It is undeniable, the book concludes, "that we're often initially judged on the basis of our appearance and that a large part of our appearance is our smile".