On-the-face-of Sentence Examples

Dean caught enough of a look to see a contented smile on the face of the well dressed woman.

A letter like this, clear cut in its thought, teeming with ideas emanating from an unique religious experience, and admirably adjusted to known situations, bears on the face of it the marks of genuineness even without recourse to the unusually excellent external attestation.

The severe impartiality of the sacred historian has concealed no feature in this dark picture, - the brutal passion of Amnon, the shameless counsel of the wily Jonadab, the " black scowl " 1 that rested on the face of Absalom through two long years of meditated revenge, the panic of the court when the blow was struck and Amnon was assassinated in the midst of his brethren.

Finally, there is marked paucity of hair on the face of the average Japaneseapart from the Ainuand what hair there is is nearly always straight.

In closed position the main girders rest on a bed plate on the face of the pier 4 ft.

But the arrangement is, on the face of it, a comparatively modern one.

As this broken bread was (once) scattered on the face of the mountains and, gathered together, became one,' even so may thy Church be gathered together from the ends of the earth into thy kingdom; for thine is the glory and the power through Jesus Christ for ever.

Thus the pope laid the foundations of that wonderful and silent engine of universal government by which Rome still rules the Catholics of every land on the face of the globe.

This is shown by the evidences of erosion on the face of the rocks which formed the original shore-line of its southern basin, those evidences existing at the height of 65 to 80 ft.

Those who supposed astronomy to inspire religious awe were horrified to hear the stars compared to eruptive spots on the face of the sky.

The pitch was then melted away from the front of the embossed relief, and applied in a similar way to the back, so that the modelling could be completed on the face of the relief, the final touches being given by the graver.

In virtue of the common-stock of opinion among the interlocutors and their potentially controlling audience, this process was more valuable than appears on the face of things.

It need not even appear on the face of it to be a contract between the parties, but may take the form of a joint declaration, or of an exchange of notes.

With this exception these regions are the most arid on the face of the globe, highly heated by a tropical sun during the day and chilled at night by the proximity of snow-covered heights and a cold ocean current.

It is in this hall that the famous inscription "If a paradise be on the face of the earth, it is this, it is this, it is this," still exists.

Also from ancient times Naturally, the introduction of the pendant seal invited an impression on the back as well as on the face of the disk of wax or other material employed.

Whorls of hair, as on the face of the horse and the South American deer known as brockets, occur where the different hair-slopes meet.

The division between the lobes is marked on the face of the anther by a groove or furrow, and there is usually on the face a suture, indicating the line of dehiscence.

Risk transfer, on the face of it, seems clear-cut.

During the last three thousand years human impact on the face of the earth has become ever more insistent.

Thus on the face of it there is something like a return to the self-sufficient utterance of antique religion; but, in reality, there is all the difference in the world between a suggestion directed outwardly in the fruitless attempt to conjure nature without first obeying her, and one directed towards the inner man so as to establish the peace of God within the heart.

In the United States of America the term " milling " or " milled " is applied to the raised edge on the face of the coin; this is known in the British mint as " marking " (see Mint).

The stock is headed off by an oblique transverse cut as shown at a, a slice is then pared off the side as at b, and on the face of this a tongue or notch is made, the cut being in a downward direction; the scion c is pared off in a similar way by a single clean sharp cut, and this is notched or tongued in the opposite direction as the figure indicates; the two are then fitted together as shown at d, so that the inner bark of each may come in contact at least on one side, and then tied round with damp soft bast as at e; next some grafting clay is taken on the forefinger and pushed down on each side so as to fill out the space between the top of the stock and the graft, and a portion is also rubbed over the ligatures on the side where the graft is placed, a handful of the clay is then taken, flattened out, and rolled closely round the whole point of junction, being finished off to a tapering form both above and below, as shown by the dotted line f.

A process to turn good flax into bad cotton had, however, on the face of it, not much to recommend it to public acceptance; and Claussen's process therefore remains only as an interesting and suggestive experiment.

The old man was still sitting in the ornamental garden, like a fly impassive on the face of a loved one who is dead, tapping the last on which he was making the bast shoe, and two little girls, running out from the hot house carrying in their skirts plums they had plucked from the trees there, came upon Prince Andrew.

Kutuzov looked at Rostopchin as if, not grasping what was said to him, he was trying to read something peculiar written at that moment on the face of the man addressing him.

They both looked pale, and in the expression on their faces--one of them glanced timidly at Pierre-- there was something resembling what he had seen on the face of the young soldier at the execution.

As soon as she saw the malevolent expression on the face of the man who had grabbed her arm, Miranda knew she was in danger.

With fabric paint, draw on the face of the doll.

Cardholders have the option of placing their photo on the face of the MasterCard as an additional deterrent.

This means that members are allowed to choose a photo or design to place on the face of their cards.

Trace the shape on the face of the wood and cut out the top piece.

It is found in the valleys of the Pyrenees, on the face of steep and rather shady rocks.

Classic Elite, a simple, smallish aviator style with colored lenses available in a thin silver frame, belongs on the face of any Elvis fan.

Four controller ports are on the face of the unit and discs are placed beneath the lid on the top.

Game Boy systems had previously employed a simple design with the screen and buttons on the face of the unit.

Perhaps most importantly, tap renews the spirit, putting a smile on the face of not only the tapper, but everyone who gets the opportunity to see this timeless dance performed.

For example, problems behind the walls may not be reflected on the face of the wall.

Adults can make things a little more challenging and detailed by embroidering on the face of the doll.

There is an intricate vine design on the face of the bag, creating interesting contrast in surfaces of the leather.

This way, you can be reasonably certain that no one else on the face of this planet will have a tattoo quite like yours.

Sports lovers will appreciate the NCAA collection, which proudly displays a school's logo on the face of a handsome watch.

They even offer personalized watches, with the recipient's name printed on the face of the watch.