Example sentences of "face of it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The situation may arise where the taxpayer is on the face of it chargeable to tax under Case V of Schedule D and also caught by Part XV of the Taxes Act 1988 . |
| 2 | On the face of it such legislation seemed unnecessary ; after all , who in America would want to trade with a country like Iran ? |
| 3 | On the face of it such an action appears to be a simple case of cowardice in the face of the enemy . |
| 4 | Mr. Karsten submits that on the face of it that passage in the judgment of Lord Donaldson M.R. should be considered as obiter , but in any event he submits that it does not bear the meaning contended for by Mr. Wall . |
| 5 | On the face of it Labour has a real chance of overturning the Tory majority of 2,661 . |
| 6 | On the face of it gross profit rates showed a steady decline over the 1960s and a dramatic fall between 1970 and 1975 from 23 per cent to 13 percent ; if capital consumption is taken into account the fall was from 17 to 4 per cent . |
| 7 | This does not seem to me a very sensible strategy , because on the face of it these ideas would appear to be of potential relevance to pedagogic practice . |
| 8 | On the face of it these trivial little improvements , or plus points ahead of the norm look to be insignificant . |
| 9 | Now on the face of it those two seem , they 're gon na conflict are n't they ? |
| 10 | On the face of it this may seem a strange tactic for a side who , on paper , possess probably the most lethal front-line in the Premier League , but Graham , still likely to be without ankle-injury victim Paul Merson , is seeking to restore stability to stop the slump . |
| 11 | On the face of it this seems like a good idea . |
| 12 | On the face of it this is true , but that simply means that there should be a thorough assessment of competitive strengths to underpin the matrix . |
| 13 | On the face of it this seems to be a good idea : one frequently voiced criticism of comprehensive education is that all pupils have been forced to follow a grammar-school curriculum . |
| 14 | On the face of it this is unlikely to be acceptable to the vendor since in effect it gives an option to purchase , though it may be more acceptable if the period allowed for preparing the report is short . |
| 15 | As I say , on the face of it obvious . |
| 16 | A salt watchman was paid a salary of £15 per annum , while a tidesman was paid £20 , so on the face of it Main seemed to have little cause for complaint . |
| 17 | On the face of it electric traction has many advantages . |