Some things may not appear to be important, she said.

Much the same thing appears to be at work this year.

In this case, however, things appeared to be going exactly according to plan.

Okay, things appeared to be more or less under control.

After one year, things appeared to be going well, so I bought a house.

"Now we'll have to live our lives as if any one thing might appear on page 27 in two years' time."

But some things happening now don't appear to be for the better.

"Sometimes things appear, but not quite the way you expected."

Things behind the object appear to move to the right.

An image of how things will appear when he's finished.