Sentence examples for ostensible need from inspiring English sources

Does "Selma" "unfairly" depict L.B.J.? Whether it's critics seeking springboards for Op-ed-like ruminations or political writers driving an agenda, these writers are not offering subtle viewings to discern ideological patterns surreptitiously woven into a film's fabric but playing kindergarten teacher to naïve and tender-minded viewers in ostensible need of doctrinal protection.

Let's contrast our ostensible need for this RCT to how we know what we know about putting out house fires.

My ostensible motivation was to quit smoking cigars.

Kids at school just aren't flocking to do science A-levels and subsequent degrees in the numbers apparently needed, despite the ostensible promise of a healthy job market.

"The ostensible reason for using pseudonyms is that readers need to distinguish the various types of books written by a single author," she wrote.

The ostensible reason for last year's delay was the need to study new routes (the unspoken ones being to duck a tough decision and placate the green lobby).

It also knows, as we need to learn, that Israel's ostensible fear of an Iranian nuclear attack is simply the understanding that a nuclear armed Iran would limit Israel's regional hegemony.

"311 is a failed model, and since that's our ostensible front door, it's clear that it needs to be stopped," said Mr. LoBianco, a former deputy commissioner in charge of the Office of Homeless Services under Mr. Daley.

Rosenstein said that disputes with Congress over Justice Department documents ― the ostensible reason some Republicans are targeting Rosenstein ― needed to be worked out on a "case-by-case" basis.

Iran does not need anywhere near that much fuel for its ostensible purpose: feeding an aging reactor in Tehran that makes medical isotopes.

Like many farmers who receive subsidies -- a glaring exception to America's ostensible free-market values -- he argues that the United States needs some agricultural self-sufficiency and that no cotton farmer could break even at market prices.