Sentence examples for was ostensibly for from inspiring English sources

Mozambique's Eurobond was ostensibly for a state-backed fishing venture.

The money was ostensibly for moving the wheat inland from the Iraqi port.

It was, ostensibly, for children, yet many adults found themselves entranced.

The money paid for concessions was ostensibly for developing Iran's resources but instead was squandered by the court and on the shah's lavish trips to Europe.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose leadership Trump so admires, had the oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky jailed, in 2004, it was ostensibly for tax evasion.

The school was ostensibly for wayward boys - Moore apparently pulled pranks specifically to get in to the school and Drummond enrolled as his mother could "no longer tolerate his truancy".

(By comparison, the Natanz plant, which is ostensibly for producing reactor fuel, is designed for 54,000 centrifuges).

It is great to see something on the television that is ostensibly for children that has such high production values.

Those checks, they said, were ostensibly for Ms. Heyward's companion, a client of the job center, but went instead to Ms. Heyward's landlord.

And he understands that making a film that is ostensibly for children does not mean papering over all the nasty cracks.

While the guidelines are ostensibly for consumers and federal nutrition programs, they will undoubtedly put additional pressure on the food industry to reformulate processed foods, particularly to reduce the amount of sodium, which was emphasized in the report.