Her ostensible purpose was to learn exactly what her brother said to you his last three days.

The ostensible purpose of the project is to provide both humans and Qanska with useful information about each other.

The ostensible purpose of joining together is to meet the Japanese challenge.

His ostensible purpose was to save the country from descending into chaos.

The ostensible purpose of the Bush administration's plan to open up 850,000 federal jobs to private competition is to promote efficiency.

In any case, to show how Hollywood works is the ostensible purpose of these many anecdotes.

So-called soft money is raised, without limits, for the ostensible purpose of "party building."

The ostensible purpose of the directive is to ensure that rights can be enforced.

The ostensible purpose of this interview: to find out how the candidate handles stress.

Their ostensible purpose was to gather data on a pending trade bill.