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On the face of it, the ad is an attempt to convince people that you're the good guys in this fight.

Well on the face of it, anyone would be daft not to get contents cover included on their van insurance.

The iPad is a curiously seductive device for something that is, on the face of it, a touchscreen laptop with the keyboard removed.

On the face of it, it seems as if most Asian nations are still emulating this western model.

On the face of things, capital punishment ought to be the ultimate deterrent. But it does not seem to be.

On the face of it, yields of close to 8% should be enough to steady the market, provided investors start to regain their nerve.

And that's when a look appears on the face of whoever I'm talking to, the horrified "it could have been me! " look.

On the face of it, those in the mobile camp seem to have won.

On the face of it, that sounds like a scenario straight out of cheap science fiction.

On the face of it there is much to be said for the Fed's and the Bank's approach.

So London had, on the face of it, every incentive to help the Confederates tear America in two.

On the face of it, this is bizarre really because country music is all about heartache.

Each of these facets is like a facet on the face of diamond, reflecting a different aspect of the subject (see Figure 1).

To the extent that successive governments had a strategy, it was on the face of it an attractive one: they believed in open energy markets.

There's a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth.

On the face of it, a gloomy outlook argues for Treasuries.

On the face of it, the pact is about bolstering the economic bit of Europe's economic and monetary union (see Charlemagne).

You were the most rigorous woman on the surface of the earth. I was the most easy-going guy on the face of the planet.

On the face of it, the measures seem surprising given that foreigners account for only a small part of property investment.

I still felt as a wanderer on the face of the earth, but I experienced firmer trust in myself and my own power.

On the face of it, their troubles are few: in 20 years of radical change all the obvious economic issues have been dealt with.

"On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world, " he said.

e. g. I see a depth of emotion on the face of that canine, the likes of which has never been captured on screen before!

He was an alien , but it was not easy to embody the spirit of Buddhism on the face of an alien .

On the face of it, it is hard to think of a less likely trigger for trouble in global equity markets.

Eye: En eye is one of the two organs on the face of a person, animal, or bird that are used for seeing.

On the face of it, the trip could scarcely have been a more welcome respite for Mr Aso.

On the face of it, he seems to be telling the truth though I suspect he's hiding something.

I wondered whether the stillness on the face of the immensity looking at us two were meant as an appeal or as a menace.

As you know, there are lots of nations on the face of the bulb.

This journey, it is now universally agreed, was the "last great journey left on the face of the earth. "

His speciality was to tell you what any individual on the face of the globe was doing at the moment.

On the face of it there seems much to be said for the world's shakers and movers meeting and talking frequently.

there was an expression on the face of her intrepid protector which commanded her veneration.

On the face of it, this seems like a rather neat idea, which ticks every box for a mass action.

The very idea of a cautious revolutionary would seem, on the face of it, a contradiction in terms.

This world empire, based in a reunified Europe, will abrogate the sovereignty of every other nation on the face of the earth.

ON THE face of it, Congress has seldom been busier, or the parties more ready to co-operate.

A game on the face of it doesn't seem to do a lot, but the key gameplay fixes and changes create a domino effect on the rest of the product.

Cost could be one of them, though on the face of it Britain is not out of line.

On the face of it, the drive to "internationalise" the renminbi does not seem to derive from controlling urges.

On the face of it, Bouygues SA's decision to share the risk with the brothers was an odd one.

On the face of it, Chinese regulators have had a remarkably light touch.

On the face of it, it is a humanitarian response to the floods that have devastated the north-west part of the impoverished North.

Oscilloscope: Electronic test equipment which displays, as a graph on the face of a CRT, the relationship of an input voltage to time.

Surely we have to be one of the most beautiful races on the face of this earth!

Where on the face of it, looking like Thai soldiers cleaning up a drug running gang, this incident exposes increasing border tensions.

On the face of it, Britain ought to be attractive for budding green industrialists.

HRmanagers work to ensure smile of satisfaction on the face of every employee and to make and implement polices for the same.

Although he said he wanted to study the plans' details, Mr Krugman wrote "on the face of it this looks entirely reasonable" .

The powerful magic wand command of all of this, to bring people on the face of endless surprise, and grateful that the bottom of my heart.

On the face of it, they tend to be much more confident of China's inexorable rise than their Chinese counterparts.

There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth.

On the face of the woman who opened the door to him he saw horror engraved, and the hand he wiped across his face came away red with blood.

Tiny raindrops from her umbrella splashed on the face of my glasses.

On the face of it, it sounds like a traditional sticky rice sweet is enjoying a culinary renaissance.

But to be careful to protect those small gold biological Oh, on the face of it they eat, machines will be worse.

When I touched her mother's cheek, her mother suddenly found afloat on the face of the wet tears.

On the face of it, what you said is completely correct, but you will find that it is wrong if you analyze it carefully.

The key decision makers in the ordering process on the face of it are the store managers and the commercials at the HQ.

On the face of it, oil should last only a few more decades.

On the face of things, such a stringent world view would sound absurd in the chaotic diversity of modern Britain.

On the face of it, I feel there is no big difference between English and Croatian football.

That said, on the face of it, there does appear to be evidence of war crimes in this material.

On the face of it, this horse-trading is odd (though stitch-ups of the parliamentary presidency are quite normal).

Such comments are, on the face of it, nothing new for Mr Karzai, who previously invited the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, to talks in Kabul.

It is theorized that Leonardo da Vinci painted his own profile along the boarder of the veil on the face of the Mona Lisa.

You will have good feelings, will be present on the face of the same sense of a smile.

But it was on the face of a tiger. It hid a lifetime of ferocious resentment and regret.

On the face of it, this presidential reaction, though traditional among chief executives, is rather puzzling.

On the face of it, his decision was a blow to the cause of peace.

God established the heavens, setting "a compass on the face of the deep" , leaving evidence of His presence in all creation.

On the face of it, equity is the most natural way for precocious, up-and-coming economies to raise money abroad.

On the face of it , the case had been concluded successfully.

This is, on the face of it, a firm timetable.

This was due to earlier auto plant shutdowns but positive on the face of it.

On the face of it, continental Europe ought now to be better placed to cope.

Do you see those fine lines on the face of the water that branch out like the ribs of a fan.

On the face of it his claim appears persuasive still. In most of Asia, marriage is widespread and illegitimacy almost unknown.

Remember friends that you are a unique individualand no other person on the face of this planet can be like you.

On the face of it, biofuels look like a great solution.

On the face of it, this appears to be a story about the breakneck development that is taking place throughout the country.

On the face of it, then, artificial life looks like a wonderful thing.

ON THE face of it the world's big and publicly quoted oil companies should be celebrating some pleasing results this week.

On the face of things, all this consideration of the problem is good.

On the face of it, the trip seems quite cheap, but there could be extra expenses we don't know about yet.

That's odd, on the face of it, because China's interests in Iran are very different from Russia's.

On the face of things, the scheme has been a great success.

If a stock has been assigned a par value for accounting purposes, it is usually printed on the face of the stock certificate .

On the face of it is same kind of liuzhou-flavor liquor, and cause its homogeneity of the deep reason?

On the face of things it makes no sense to kill the vessels carrying your genes into the next generation.

Any of the rotating pointers used as indexes on the face of a mechanical clock.

Guests love to see the expression on the face of the birthday person when they open their gifts.

On the face of it, his theory is OK, but we still have to wait and see how it works in practice.

The city planner Edmund Bacon once described Beijing as "possibly the greatest single work of man on the face of the earth. "

On the face of it, Mr Putin gets on with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; he even invited the Iranian president to Moscow.

The idea that an ancient Indian epic might offer insight into capitalism's nature, on the face of it, appears bizarre.

The military and commercial worlds are different, and do not on the face of it have a lot in common.

On the face of it, the answer is straightforward: tax employer- provided health benefits.

He imagined that an electronic system could optically track fingertips placed on the face of a clear computer monitor.

On the face of it, the obesity epidemic in rich countries presents exactly the opposite problem.

So, it is easy to grab a camera and point in into one of these such neighborhoods to paint a picture on the face of welfare.

On the face of it, Mr Causey's plea bargain is also a victory for government prosecutors, who will gain a powerful witness.

On the face of it, scouring the world for a superstar makes perfect sense.

Three conclusions you can draw on the face of this: One is that the kind of calories you eat does matter.

Let the world a more understanding, more love, will let our heart is warm! On the face of everybody there will always be smiling! ! !

On the face of it, these should be great times for the investment management companies that have launched funds in China.

"On the face of it, taped lectures should be boring, " Mr. Anderson said.

One major characteristic of Peking Opera is the color painted on the face of a character. It is vital to the understanding of a play.

As expected, the index is chopping sideway with a bearish bias on the face of Friday's massive break to the downside.

We are one of the most complicated assemblies of parts and pieces on the face of this earth!

We'll be able to gain peace only when there is no wars on the face of the earth.

Bring a smile on the face of your mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, friend, and you have done well in the exam of life.

In the garden Kay Adams was struck by the violet fury imprinted on the face of Luca Brasi.

On the face of it, the similarities between China today and bubble-era Japan are worrying.

On the face of it, this may seem a good suggestion, but on second thoughts we find that. . .

On the face of it, there seems little reason why 23 million North Koreans should continue to support their "Dear Leader" .

On the face of it, the prospect of regular euro-zone summits is a setback also for Germany.

On the face of it, the daunting complexity of the tax code seems similar.

Instead, you'll be playing STRIPPOKER with Jenna, one of the sexiest poker girls on the face of the earth!

The grin on the face of world leaders grew a little wider this week as strong manufacturing data added weight to the global recovery.

On the face of it these two trends seem contradictory. But they stem from the same basic cause.

On the face of it, the medias relative disregard of agriculture is surprising.

Baker, thinking about the intense focus he'd seen on the face of his preteen son when playing videogames, agreed.

Mr. Paulson was really making the suggestion, on the face of it fairly reasonable, that a global crisis probably had global origins.

Unless the contrary appears on the face of the Bill, the holder may treat it as an inland Bill.

On the face of it Palestinians have chosen principle over pragmatism.

On the face of it , Mr Buffett's gambit looks both unwise and uncharacteristic .

On the face of it, networks are less important in more meritocratic America.

On the face of it, banks are feeling the pinch, charging each other high rates in the interbank lending market.

So on the face of it, that makes price maximums appear draconian - particularly since market values in China are often far higher.

They would put out the only burning coal I have left, leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth.

On the face of it, these comments were both obvious and inconsequential.

On the face of it, China has become the living proof that stock markets are almost perfectly efficient.

On the face of it, this configuration of people and power on both sides of the fence spells doom.

The UK's Emerald Energy and Nufarm of Australia don't have much in common, on the face of it.

On the face of it, evidence in favour of independent schools looks strong.

On the face of things, this is a perverse conclusion to draw after one of the worst drubbings suffered by the Democrats in many years.

Like the sad eyes on the face of a clown.

" But, he adds, " You probably wouldn't plant a smacker on the face of the fashion director of a major chain.

Last month, two unidentified men in Athens threw acid on the face of a Bulgarian migrant worker.

On the face of it, that is a vast sum of money, leaving each bank with an average $28m.

ON THE face of it, Romania's software industry could hardly be doing better.

On the face of it, there are ample historic and strategic reasons for China to increase military aid to Pakistan.

On the face of it, this great dollar unwinding looks only half complete.

Michael Owen put a smile on the face of Newcastle's management team on Monday when returning to running training.

On the face of it, this shift to the right has already paid dividends.

ON THE face of things, the restructuring of South Korea's heavily indebted family-owned conglomerates (chaebol) is proceeding apace.

On the face of it, robots are the perfect workers.

Though their power is renewable and, on the face of it, carbon-free, there are lots of bad things about them, too.

Improper extrusion, damaged skin on the face of the traces left by the relative interference than the redness of acne you longer!

On the face of it, Currie's is a riveting story of girl empowerment and fame.

On the face of it, there are few strategic lessons to be learnt.

I see it as an objective impossible on the face of it.

Once I asked a roomful of supper guests who, if anyone, felt any strong pull to any certain spot on the face of the earth.

A peach shape on the face of the two stars, embedded with gold, and all eyes turned, like bone bone straight nothing in mind.

In the earth's early history, perhaps a self-replicating protein formed on the face of a calcite crystal.

And clearest of all in that scene is the frozen expression of fear and confusion on the face of the American tank commander.

Listeners, meanwhile, keep their eyes on the face of the speaker, allowing themselves to glance away only briefly.

Does anyone wish to challenge my earlier assertion that no single person on the face of this earth knows how to make me?

On the face of it, there is every difference in the world between superstitious and empirical, evidence-based thinking.

Humans are the ugliest and most impotent species on the face of this earth.

They are adapt liars, putting on the face of a concerned individual, empathetic, and offering help.

Every Linton on the face of the earth might melt into nothing, before I could consent to forsake Heathcliff.

Even Mr Welch has expressed doubts: "On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world, " he said last year.

On the face of it, none of this is surprising.

On the face of it, becoming an entrepreneur can sound scary.

On the face of it, this might explain why fewer people are married. They want to finish college first.

Our eyes bring us the beauty of a flower, the smile on the face of a loved one, enable us to do many things.

Humans have grown like a cancer. We're the biggest blight on the face of the earth.

When you arrive in Beijing, you will notice the smile on the face of the volunteers for the Spectator Services everywhere!

On the face of it, the Spanish fears look exaggerated.

As I prepare to fight back when someone took my shoulders, my back, on the face of "disfigurement" .

All right, on the face of it leaden Gordon Brown may not have much in common with fleet Muhammad Ali.

On the face of it, Laos is a no man's land for foreign investors.

It is audacious, disruptive and preposterous on the face of it.

Any literate person on the face of the globe is deprived if he (or she) doesn't know English.

But, on the face of it, this is the most impressive choice America has had for a very long time.

On the face of it , it seems quite reasonable.

On the face of it, it seems the perfect solution.

On the face of it, HSBC still looks the obvious choice, even though it is present in "only" 87 countries compared with Citi's 100-plus.

Cracking a joke and looking at the lighter side of things can break a smile on the face of people you don't like.

On the face of it the changes are largely cosmetic.

On the face of it, the document seemed genuine.

I take you to witness that I am the most persecuted hound on the face of the earth.

On the face of it, its democracy is working as usual.

For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

Childhood dream fade, of the passage on the face of our tender.

San Pao was portrayed as a weak spirited villain who cowered from the Japanese and spat on the face of the Chinese butcher.

The stereogram is found within a smaller framed area on the face of the CD.

On the face of it, there are powerful incentives to defuse the tensions.

You will be man, the only rational creature on the face of the earth.

On the face of it, the M4 measure of broad money (cash and deposits) has been growing fast.

Chickens are the most abused animals on the face of the Earth, followed by pigs.

Get online for long, the beans appears on the face. Of greasily . But, my itself skin is dry, how is gift nicer solve?

The digits displayed on the face of the watch tell us the pressure and strokes per minute .

On the face of it, she seems almost perfect.

On the face of it, this suggests that we're screwing up, when in fact what is happening is more complex.

Until every country on the face of the earth is a liberal democracy, we have good reason to worry.

On the face of it, the alliance is a success.

Second, on the face of things, mitochondrial diseases appear far rarer than autism.

no, He watches and providentially cares for everything that happens on the face of the earth.

On the face of it firms are in a position to spend more and aid the recovery.

On the face of it, predicting the World Cup looks easy.

Yet on the face of things the omens for another push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians are poor.

there is the light of a single lamp in a dark night, or the light that is on the face of another, the light that lies behind the eyes.

India is the largest and most responsible Democracy on the face of the planet.

On the face of it, the problem seems minor.

Chining and embossing operations particularly require heavy pressures in order to force the metal into the design on the face of the tools.

Markets are the most entertaining places on the face of the Earth.

The South Pacific is, on the face of it, still a healthy ocean.

yet, God described Moses as the meekest man on the face of the earth.

The look on the face of the Eintracht Frankfurt player was priceless.

her mouth he had seen nothing to equal on the face of the earth.

These versions are clearly marked "NOT FOR RESALE" on the face of the disk.

The Eagle lives in almost complete isolation and you can find their nest up very high and on the face of cliffs.

When you create parts in-place, you can sketch on the face of existing components or define a new sketch plane.

GWT: Look at our shield, O God. Look with favor on the face of your anointed one.

His statement that he is a millionaire is, on the face of it, false.

On the face of it, the slowdown in inflation to 2. 4% in March from 2. 6% in February might not argue strongly for higher rates.

For it will come in upon all those dwelling on the face of all the earth.

Suddenly presented on the face of the old smiling face.

Our Nation has the most innovative, industrious, and talented people on the face of the Earth .

But first things first: on the face of it, this is tremendously good news.

On the face of it, the compensation in this case appears generous: 1. 6 million renminbi, or about $252, 000, for each household.

On the face of it, this is not an ideal time for radical change.

Some views are, on the face of things, surprisingly flexible.

Having on the face of Luo's boon namely light helpless, equanimity of depict.

There are major parts on the face of maintenance equipment and maintenance and production methods.

ON THE face of things, Sudan is stony ground for Islamic reformers.

Disappointment was writ large on the face of the loser.

Men think David Letterman is the funniest man on the face of the earth.

On the face of it, Russia seems stable: there are no queues outside the banks.

The caption to display on the face of the button in this column.

On the face of his dead father, he is guilty.

Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

He suggests that three men, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, be enshrined on the face of the mountain.

So on the face of it, this is definitely communication.

A sheep is perhaps the stupidest animal on the face of the earth.

So we must pay much attention to cultural construction and keep cool heads to make relative strategies on the face of those challenges.

So, no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben.

So no matter where you stand, you can read the time on the face of BigBen.

Simple? Yet, not a single person on the face of this earth knows how to make me.

I'd say bad on the face of it.

On the face of things, such alarm seems justified.

On the face of it, yes.

On the face of it, these are lean times for champions of Asian democracy.

Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out.

Can anyone imagine a brutal slavery system existed on the face of earth in late 1950s.

On the face of it, that is an odd question.