ostensible reason
collocation in Englishmeaningsofostensibleandreason
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ostensible
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɒsˈten.sə.bəl/us/ɑːˈsten.sə.bəl/
appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really ...
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reason
noun
uk/ˈriː.zən/us/ˈriː.zən/
the cause of an event or situation or something that provides an excuse ...
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(Definition ofostensibleandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Theostensiblereasonfor this rule is to encourage tourism.
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Oneostensiblereasonwas offered to me yesterday.
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What is theostensiblereasonfor not setting up pensions appeal tribunals?
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Everybody knows that theostensiblereasonput forward has nothing whatever to do with it.
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There are a number of points about theostensiblereasonfor the amalgamation—efficiency.
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What was theostensiblereasonfor the levy, and what is it designed to achieve?
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In those circumstances, theostensiblereasonfor imposing a television licence duty has entirely disappeared.
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Theostensiblereasonfor this demand was the rounding up of a few dozen remaining mercenaries in this area.
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Many a trade unionist has found that theostensiblereasonfor his dismissal is not the real one.
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Theostensiblereasongiven by the men for leaving the centre was general dissatisfaction with the conditions.
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That is theostensiblereasonwhich keeps us within these walls in this weather and at this date.
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That is theostensiblereasonbehind the demand that young men should be sent to camps for physical training.
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Theostensiblereasonis to give at least some schools more freedom and autonomy and thereby to widen choice.
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Theostensiblereasonis to prevent the cost of living rising over a purely arbitrary figure, be it noted.
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That is what is likely to happen, and that will be theostensiblereasonfor the demand.
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Theostensiblereasonis to create a level playing field for the rural students.
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Theostensiblereasonfor the tariffs was because the markets for goods in this country were taken from employers in this country by foreigners.
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The soleostensiblereasonfor the unanimous refusal of the internees to appear before the court was an objection to the jurisdiction of the court.
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I do not agree so long as theostensiblereasonfor any penalisation of either is the causing of a public nuisance.
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One has one's suspicions, but they may not be for this debate, that it was to make a political point, which was very different from theostensiblereason.
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Theostensiblereasonwhy they have done this, is that they believe that the policy of no discrimination is in the best interests of world trade.
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Too often, though, the performers are simply singing into space without anyostensiblereasonfor being there.
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Theostensiblereasonmust have been that the illegitimate offspring would become a burden on the parish.
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Theostensiblereasonis solving some of the country issues, but in fact, the country is trying to use their lambda.
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