Sentence examples for ostensible demand from inspiring English sources

Exact(1)

The ostensible demand that creationists are making is that they just want students to be able to think critically about the evidence for evolution.

Similar(59)

Just weeks after she vanished, the Vatican received an anonymous call from her ostensible kidnappers demanding that Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, be set free in exchange for her release.

In Hitler's view, the British-brokered peace, although favourable to the ostensible German demands, was a diplomatic defeat which spurred his intent of limiting British power to pave the way for the eastern expansion of Germany.

In Egypt, a self-aggrandizing military that has mostly known defeat in foreign battle, and has served as an instrument of domestic repression, is running the show, two and a half years after acceding to an ostensible "people's revolution" demand to displace the country's (or, rather, the military) dictator, Hosni Mubarak.

As Curbed commented, the New York housing market defies fundamental economic logic: it's hard to believe the ostensible effect of this supply on demand will do anything to lower the overall average cost.

A big novel stands out from the crowd on the new fiction table, demanding attention with its ostensible swaggering gravitas.

All these developments show that ordinary people are paying closer attention to what's happening in the world, and demanding more from their ostensible leaders.

And moments before he opened fire, Mateen posted four updates on Facebook about his ostensible political agenda, issuing threats and demands similar to those he later made to the emergency 911 operator.

The longer Netanyahu's ostensible natural partners continue to hold out demands and conditions, the more the fundamental ideological differences between the parties -- and the distance between those factions and the traditional Israeli Right -- become more pronounced.

Otherwise if the Ps with ostensible generosity allowed Qs to drink they could also have demanded demeaning behavior from the Qs in exchange; or if they sold water to the Qs they could raise its price as much as they liked; and so on.

The necessity of adequate and comprehensive documentation is discussed as well the particular demands on statistical analysis arising from small sample sizes and ostensible "outlier" values.

Show more...

Ludwig, your English writing platform

Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.

Student

Used by millions of students, scientific researchers, professional translators and editors from all over the world!

MitStanfordHarvardAustralian Nationa UniversityNanyangOxford

Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak quote

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak

CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com

Get started for free

Unlock your writing potential with Ludwig

Letters

Most frequent sentences: