Similar words: in the face of, fly in the face of, a slap in the face, face-off, face off, faceoff, in face of, on the chance of. Meaning: adv. from appearances alone.
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31. They were not, on the face of it, a likely match.
32. On the face of it, such activity would seem to be more expressive of right-wing rather than left-wing sentiments.
33. On the face of it, there was an enviable simplicity about Armstrong's own view.
34. On the face of it Labour has a real chance of overturning the Tory majority of 2,661.
35. On the face of it, it is hardly promising that the soft left has immediately split over the post of deputy.
36. On the face of it[sentencedict.com], this approach is consonant with the requirements of the Act.
37. On the face of it, he appeared to be an ideal candidate for the position.
38. On the face of it his life centred around business of one sort or another, his own and the council's.
39. A contractual obligation, such as an exchange rule gives rise on the face of it to strict liability.
40. On the face of it the problem seems minor.
41. On the face of it, It'seems quite reasonable.
42. This theory is senseless on the face of it.
43. On the face of it, this is odd.
44. On the face of it, dangers galore.
45. On the face of it, Vietnam's exit is good news.
46. On the face of it,[sentencedict.com] life was a mixture of the quaint and the archaic.
47. What he quotes from Levi-Strauss would seem, on the face of it, to have exactly the same kinds of reservation and hesitation about the emergence or birth of language that Derrida himself has.
48. On the face of it, the evidence for these claims is strong.
49. On the face of it, this is a success story.
50. This is, on the face of it, a firm timetable.
51. On the face of it, the coercive model for interrogation seems like common sense: there is information that the interrogator wants to know and the subject holds but doesn't want to give up.
52. On the face of it, there is plenty of reason to worry.
53. So on the face of it, that makes price maximums appear draconian - particularly since market values in China are often far higher.
54. On the face of it , Mr Buffett's gambit looks both unwise and uncharacteristic.
55. On the face of it, networks are less important in more meritocratic America.
56. On the face of it, this was not a turbulent life.
57. Though their power is renewable and, on the face of it, carbon-free, there are lots of bad things about them, too.
58. On the face of it, the Spanish capital has a great deal in its favor.
59. On the face of it, all the anger directed at the Arsenal keeper was because, in typical fashion, he'd dropped an unconsidered remark about Kahn having a very young girlfriend.
60. On the face of it, the case had been concluded successfully.
More similar words: in the face of, fly in the face of, a slap in the face, face-off, face off, faceoff, in face of, on the chance of, scratch the surface of, on the surface, deface, in the family way, defaced, preface, barefaced, lose face, typeface, despite the fact that, volte-face, shamefaced, on the fly, double-faced, on the fire, in place of, shamefacedly, in the front, on the fritz, on the fence, peace of mind, in the front of.