Sentence examples for ostensibly they from inspiring English sources

Ostensibly, they were there to enlist.

Ostensibly, they were sent to protect Rodchenkov from prying reporters.

Ostensibly they are asking you to take their picture, for which you then pay them.

That's because ostensibly they are not pianists; they all have day jobs.

Ostensibly they and three other women had gathered for a business meeting.

Ostensibly they were picked up for planning demonstrations connected to International Women's Day, which took place on March 8th.

Boards of directors vote to pay C.E.O.s tens of millions of dollars, ostensibly because they believe — on the basis of what they have learned over the years by watching other C.E.O.s — that they are worth it.

Radios and monitors were too, ostensibly because they could be used to provide an unfair advantage.

An officer returned both items to her, ostensibly because they posed safety hazards.

These Americans and Britons, say Iraqi officials, deliberately delay harmless supplies, ostensibly because they might have some improbable military purpose.

But whatever guts it takes to ignore all that and go on instinct and see what Tebow can do — ostensibly why they signed him — the Jets didn't have that.