Sentence examples for ostensibly define from inspiring English sources

One draw of the Polish brothers' new paradigm is creative input and freedom, elements that ostensibly define independent American cinema, even if such intentions aren't always realized.

Except one also sort of wants to be famous, and here is the contradiction at the heart of Chloe's world, the dilemma of subcultures that ostensibly define themselves in opposition to the prevailing commercial order, the dilemma of all the boys and girls who want to be in Paper and Details: What do you do if Harper's Bazaar, or Calvin Klein, comes calling?

Some speakers suggested amendments that would ease the penalty for violators or replace the word "ostensibly" with "visibly" to better define prohibited symbols.

In some cases, the distinction between legal and illegal trade is hard to define, especially where alcohol ostensibly produced for other purposes is diverted for consumption.

Categorial identity refers to the symbolic ways in which humans define themselves in relation to a group, ostensibly (though not always in practice) adhering to the group's values and norms, or fulfilling one or more roles within the group (Hogan 2009).

(As Turing explains: "Although the subject of this paper is ostensibly the computable numbers, it is almost equally easy to define and investigate computable functions.

The characters are given to self-justifying monologues, ostensibly addressed to their students (a device Mr. Nichols used in "Joe Egg"), which define their place in an international hierarchy, newly dominated by the United States.

"Ostensibly, there is a defined level of disclosure and an agreed code of conduct," said Jack Gullahorn, a Texas ethics expert who represents the state's trade association for lobbyists.

Ostensibly to protect them, Ecuadorean authorities in 2006 drew lines on the map to define an "intangible zone" in the southern part of the Yasuní and the Waorani tribal lands, with entry barred to any outsiders and all economic activity.

"Jet Age" is ostensibly about the race between two companies and nations to commercialize a military technology and define a new era of air travel.

Marine Protection Areas have emerged in just a few years as the shiniest new tool in the oceanic conservation kit, but the battle to define just how these marine sanctuary zones and parklands should function has exposed some fundamental differences between two ostensibly allied interest groups: environmentalists and recreational anglers.