On the ground, the prospects for peace still seem far away.

Only one found a job and that was quickly lost, but even the prospect of work seemed like progress.

And, after 38 long years, such a prospect suddenly seemed a shade more likely.

There seemed no prospect of his ever getting the technique.

For the industry, he said, "the prospects seem to be pretty good."

The prospect, however, does not seem to worry either the government or others in the opposition.

That prospect would seem to leave developers with the same problem of too much space.

In the worst case, that could force the Government to call early elections, a prospect the market does not seem to like one bit either.

The prospect was daunting, but there didn't seem to be any choice.

Difficult though the prospect seems, market regulations are needed to cope with the new computer technology.