The key giveaways of the fake, he said, were instantly obvious to the trained eye.
When I saw his stories — he was then reporting for the Washington Post — it was instantly obvious that he was someone special.
"This is a nicer space to spend your days and nights in, not something with an eight and a half foot ceiling -- to young architects, it's instantly obvious that this is a different kind of office".
His reach and power as a batsman were instantly obvious; his fielding could be spectacular; and as a bowler he delivered from a great height and at a fair pace, or could switch to potent off-spinners.
Its backers say it is the best technology for streaming multimedia, but the drawback is instantly obvious: you have to have cable outlets everywhere you want to connect your computers and other networked devices.
It's instantly obvious that Adam has thrown himself into the project because he loves the four sophisticated nitwits and believes himself a sufficient Groucho lookalike.
From the Intro to the follow-up "Paperbond," it's instantly obvious that Wiz is dead set on reminding you how high he is and how "first class" he's become.
Blitz was pleased with Kay's original audition: "When Josh Kay came in to audition in New York, it was instantly obvious that he was perfect: smart, deadpan and with a natural ability to either nail the timing of the lines himself or mimic my reading to him".
It's better to seek the help than to apply wallpaper unprofessionally––botched wallpaper is instantly obvious to everyone.
If I set aside all discussion of artifice in the play, there would be nothing to talk about, since the plot turns on the ludicrous idea that Sadie, a pert, winsome type who wears a sock-hop skirt and a gauzy pink scarf knotted at her neck, would be instantly smitten with this obvious sociopath, who lives in a foul-smelling basement and spends his time boiling eggs for possibly nefarious purposes.
