But over the last few weeks, two efforts ostensibly aimed at improving plant and public safety have cranked critics' temperatures even higher.

Missile defence ostensibly aimed at deterring Iran is seen as another success.

But during the uprising, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed by gunfire ostensibly aimed at the legs.

In America, much regulation is ostensibly aimed at helping consumers or protecting public welfare, even at the expense of business.

Although the series was ostensibly aimed at children, it developed a readership among fans of alternative comics.

The House is scheduled to vote today on a bill that is ostensibly aimed at protecting private property rights from intrusion by local governments.

The strike was ostensibly aimed at challenging a new package of stiffer taxes, but it has become a broader demonstration against the Government.

Though ostensibly aimed at young-adult readers, the historical research underpinning the novel makes it accessible to anyone with an interest in US history.

He paused only long enough to drop a hand on Chekov's shoulder, although his words were ostensibly aimed at Thee.