Sentence examples for ostensibly means from inspiring English sources

Chinese wags often refer to the liaison offices as "pao bu, qian jin," which ostensibly means "run forward," but also can be translated as "go to the ministry and give money".

"Safe harbour" ostensibly means that a European citizen's personal data being processed by a US company on US-based computers is under the same protections as if it were still in Europe on a European-owned system.

When you view your inbox, you can choose to view messages from just your "connections", letting you filter out all of the email that ostensibly means less to you.

There is a failure to adapt and thus a failure to genuinely participate in the contemporary practices the show ostensibly means to address.

That ostensibly means Canada could use statements gleaned from, say, threatening a prisoner with a drill held to their head, or with having their mother's throat cut.

The legal justification for the records transfer is that the SEALs were effectively working for the CIA at the time of the raid, which ostensibly means that any records of the raid belong to the CIA.

It is ostensibly meant to ginger up Italy's sluggish courts.

The character of Kemp is ostensibly meant to be darkly amusing in his literate peevishness.

The program is ostensibly meant to ensure that hungry kids start the day with something to eat.

The guide opposes genetically modified seeds, including those, like "golden rice," ostensibly meant to help the poor.

After nearly five decades of military rule, elections last November and a new Constitution were ostensibly meant to usher in a return to civilian rule.