| For all his ostensible desire to tell the truth, when it comes to the hardest points, McNamara proves slippery. |
| The show confirmed that he is an unabashed landscape painter, regardless of his ostensible subject matter. |
| The ostensible reason is that he does not wish to relinquish his seat in the European parliament. |
| There is a remarkable piece of dialogue on just this subject in Dr Faustus, although the ostensible topic is music. |
| A biography of Elvire O'Connor, the ostensible writer of this piece, is included in the program and is a tiny work of art in its own right. |
| Given that the country does not appear to have been invaded by a foreign power, what is the ostensible cause of this nationwide panic? |
