1.   Among the cheering crowd, Thursdaythe theme appeared to be one of gratitude.

2.   Another favorite Forbes theme also appeared to have availed him little.

3.   As Dempsey solicited ideas, one consistent theme appeared to be a desire to have college presidents increase their leadership role.

4.   But as I pinpointed the three places on a map of Japan, a common theme appeared.

5.   But while everyone may be changing uniforms, the unifying theme appears to be how appalling some designs have turned out.

6.   By Monday, the major theme appeared to be clear.

7.   Ward Shelley shows a group of kinetic sculptures whose basic theme appears to be failure.

8.   It was very simple for the appropriate themes to appear whenever those people or forces were on the screen.

9.   Those themes had appeared in his earlier works.