Mr. Way said he is willing to let the building remain vacant until an appropriate offer appears.

The offer appeared to serve the needs of everyone involved.

If the offer appeared first, applicants could ignore the instructions.

But as it stands, no new offer from the town or county appears to be forthcoming.

As with junk, the offer appeared to be available even to pretty second-rate companies.

Indeed, many analysts said the two offers appeared to be a tossup.

The amended offer appears to be for less money than the deal that was originally announced early last month.

The American offer appears to leave two questions unresolved.

Ms. Bennett's offer to make her client available for a prison interview appeared to be part of the strategy to draw attention to the case.

"I understand," he said, and looked at his screen, where two more offers had appeared in the Incoming column.