appears { i_state | present } MODAL attempts { i_action }
AP900816-0139.SYN.xml.roser.tml
Replied State Department deputy spokesman Richard Boucher , ``We have n't really analyzed the statement in detail but it appears to be just another example of his outlandish rhetoric and his attempts to distort the truth .
appears { i_state | present } MODAL making { i_action | progressive }
CNN19980222.1130.0084.sgm.SYN.harris.tml
Diplomacy appears to be making headway in resolving the united nation's standoff with Iraq .
appears { occurrence | present } EVIDENTIAL have { occurrence }
WSJ900813-0157.SYN.xml.oleg.tml
In that event, Saddam Hussein appears to have three choices .
appears { occurrence | present } EVIDENTIAL goal { occurrence }
WSJ910225-0066.SYN.xml.oleg.tml
If so, and if it appears that the American goal actually is to destroy the Iraqi regime even at the cost of badly hurting Iraqi society, "the lingering cost of that could be high," worries former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski .
appears { occurrence | present } FACTIVE engaged { occurrence | perfective | present }
WSJ910225-0066.SYN.xml.oleg.tml
Perhaps more important, it appears that allied troops have n't yet fully engaged Iraq 's vaunted Republican Guard , which has been sitting just north of the Iraq-Kuwait border and is considered the most potent element in the Iraqi defense .
appears { i_state | present } MODAL believe { i_state }
ea980120.1830.0071.sgm.SYN.tmlR.tmx3.Andrea.tml
Everyone appears to believe that somehow Cuba is going to change .