The concept and practice of the study circle appeared in the late nineteenth century.

The practice appears to have stopped in the late 1980s.

How did these beliefs and practices now appear to him?

These goals and practices appear only in that process area.

The practice appears to have been in play right up to the end of his predecessor's reign.

But this practice appears to have lapsed in more recent years.

The practice appears to set a precedent - and some editors say, not a very good one.

Yet the practice appears to be alive and well, if not as visible.

Stair's practice at the bar does not appear to have been large.

The practice appears to have been widespread from the early 1990's to 2002, and possibly beyond.