Sentence examples for ostensible target from inspiring English sources
The jumpiness felt a little dated and obvious — very 1990s Knitting Factory — as did the ostensible target of the band's fury.
While the ostensible target was the headquarters of the Yemeni military, it was a hospital inside the compound that bore the brunt of the attack.
His ostensible target wasn't the work itself so much as the way it had revived an outdated dispute, setting "a realism which is realistic" against "an avant garde that isn't".
The ostensible target is a silver mine being developed since 2007 at Santa Ana, in the high Andean plateau close to the border with Bolivia, by Bear Creek Mining, a Canadian company.
Although Mike's ostensible target in the song is former Republican President Ronald Reagan Mikee's not a huge fan – his final line is "I'm glad Reagan dead") he also takes some unexpected shots at Barack Obama, at one point characterising him as "just another talking head telling lies on teleprompters".
Despite the BOE's earnest efforts, the private sector is still determined to reduce its liabilities:More damningly, focus on the nonfinancial business sector the ostensible target of the entire scheme:How does the BBA interpret this data?Borrowing levels for companies continue to contract as firms seek to reduce debt while waiting for better or more certain trading conditions.
When it comes to the ostensible targets of drug enforcement -- the price, availability and purity of illicit drugs -- the drug war has driven these measurements in the exact wrong direction.
But once Abzû's ostensible targets are met, it's hard to see too many people returning to it, unless they really fancy a date with a goblin shark or tomopteris, or want to further explore theories regarding the alien-like tech that's both operational and smashed to pieces throughout the environments.
But if their ostensible aim is noble enough, their tactics are often brutal.
Ironically, Canadian unity, the ostensible object of the original exercise, could also be damaged.
The ostensible aim was to create conditions for sustained economic growth in countries where they were applied.
