on the face of
Meaning
on the face of
(idiomatic) Notwithstanding.
On the face of all the evidence, he was found guilty.
Examples
I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the face of this earth as long as he has two pieces of bread.
Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.
But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.
I'm one-hundred-fifty miles off Cape Horn, both autopilots are broken, and my boat is drifting toward one of the nastiest chunks of ocean on the face of the earth.
Every dog on the face of the earth wants me dead.
This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth.