Example sentences of "face of it [adj] [verb] " 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 Labour has a real chance of overturning the Tory majority of 2,661 . |
| 3 | On the face of it this seems like a good idea . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |