1.   And among more aggressive managements, acquisitions allow them to perform accounting that helps make their financial statements appear sounder than they actually are.

2.   But the statement appeared to be mostly an effort to warn investors of their mistake.

3.   But the statement appeared mainly to be an expression of good intentions, without specifying solutions.

4.   For Massachusetts public health officials, however, such statements do not appear to go far enough.

5.   GE is among the large companies whose financial statements now appear to many investors to be too complex to understand.

6.   His statement appeared to be meant to impress Western diplomats who have asked Milosevic to withdraw the extra troops from Kosovo as a first step to a political solution.

7.   His statement appeared intended to buttress a growing consensus within the Clinton administration that the United States should provide more support to Asia to help settle the financial markets.

8.   His statement appeared to leave open the possibility of civilian casualties.

9.   His statement appeared to eliminate one potentially huge battle over how the budgetary windfall should be spent.

10.   Protesters said they had requested that the statement appear at the beginning of the film.