| On top of that, the government's plan doesn't even achieve its ostensible goal of solvency! |
| 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. |
| The ostensible reason is that he does not wish to relinquish his seat in the European parliament. |
| The people who are the ostensible subjects of these photographs are hauntingly absent. |
| It is, after all, made up of ostensible competitors who are allied for the common good. |
| For all his ostensible desire to tell the truth, when it comes to the hardest points, McNamara proves slippery. |
