on the face of it
Example Sentences
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Oracle has a $523 billion revenue backlog which is impressive on the face of it.
From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025
His offer of a life estate is, on the face of it, generous.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025
Achieving an industrial margin of over 10% is impressive on the face of it, but the figure is flattered by higher R&D capitalization and a property sale in buses, Bernstein says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
"I've had clients who on the face of it without IPP sentences might have faced fixed term sentences of four or five years which gives them a definite release date," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
This is on the face of it implausible; and in any case we have a good portrait of Guidobaldo, attributed to Raphael, and this is not he.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
