And, even among friendly deals, evidence is already apparent of pre-announcement action.

Despite this apparent stalling of his career, Lestock continued in active service.

Young Harry became the heir apparent of the family's business empire when a brother died.

Raiden Fighters' plot is not directly apparent in and of itself.

"I am the least apparent yet most influential of our number," Nemesis said.

And thus his half brother, Edmund, became the heir apparent of their father.

But the Tucson departure did not result in any apparent swelling of their ranks.

Transformation: the apparent changing of one thing into another, 4.

But it also brought anger about the apparent mishandling of the case.

She'd changed since he'd last seen her, and the most apparent of those changes was the pale scar over her left eye.