This reflects the apparent desire for national autonomy, reducing dependence on foreign suppliers.

None of the five friends who are the film's main characters has a job, or any apparent desire to acquire one.

Danilo had a passion for fine gems and an apparent desire to see her covered with them.

I am not so sure about his apparent desire to enter politics while pretending not to.

Men and women were living together with no apparent desire to reinstitute the ceremony of marriage.

The department also had "an apparent desire to assist the company," which had been troubled.

The men manipulate the women without any apparent desire, and the bodies are far from centerfold material.

But other factors seemed to be contributing to the drop, including the apparent desire of some investors to cash out their gains.

They came into the entrance hall of the testing complex with an apparent desire to look unobtrusive.

It's just addressing an apparent desire" of more demanding consumers.