His aim appeared to be speed rather than neatness.

The aim appears to be to find an excuse to stop those cars and examine them for anything suspicious.

Clearly they know it, too, for their sole aim appears to be speed.

The directive would free more men for military service, but its principal aim appears to be to reduce the country's dependence on foreign workers.

The aims of the two sectors sometimes appeared, both to parents and children, to be quite different.

The company's aim appears to have been both to create general good will and gain specific favors.

His aim appeared to be to influence several of the bills pending in the Senate.

Her aim appears to be to drive her husband crazy and she succeeds very nicely.

After a minor course correction last week, its aim appears to be true.

These aims appeared, for the moment, to have been achieved.