Yesterday such an idea had appeared to be impossible but now there was no other choice.

He paused to consider it, even though the idea did not appear to be a particularly good one.

Then suddenly an idea appears that grabs everyone and the story can be developed.

His ideas appeared to bring some benefits: he lived to the age of 94 and at 87 married a young wife.

Nice idea, but by the next morning the words "the Whale" have appeared after his name.

The idea of creating a park here appeared for the first time in the 1920s.

That idea appears to have lost whatever support it once had.

But the idea does not appear to have been included in the Administration's new proposal.

But the idea appears to be gaining some popular support.

The idea of 'one country, two systems' appears to work.