31.   His narrative approach seemed retrograde in the context of the rise of abstract art.

32.   Her approach seems to work.

33.   His approach seemed to change when he became comptroller.

34.   His approach seemed a somewhat surprising one for a candidate.

35.   In any case, the more aggressive approach seems to be having results.

36.   In light of historical experience, such a rational approach may seem utopian.

37.   In the opening chapters of the novel, this approach seems vaguely promising, at least as a narrative premise.

38.   In the recent tragedy, however, that approach seems less promising.

39.   Instead, the differing approaches seemed less like ideological engagement and more like standard litigation strategy, in which each side wants most of all to win.

40.   Judging from the scores on standardized tests administered to all eighth-graders, the approach seems to be working.