Everyone was surprised by the news.

Which direction is your house?

He was sentenced to life imprisonment without work for his crime.

His ostensible attitude is hiding what he is really thinking.

He always tries to maintain the face of things.

He is smiling on the face of things, but he is sad inside.

He seems happy ostensibly, but it might be different in reality.

I am waiting for a contact from the secretariat.

I am majoring in inorganic chemistry at university.

He is contributing to the community as an unpaid doctor.