No other nation appeared to even know that the British had discovered it.

Their policy is that a nation shall appear once in one region.

Those two nations, like many others in Africa, appear adrift, with few common values to guide them forward.

The entire nation, including its ruler, appears to have had a double.

With Russia's economy spinning out of control, however, the nation does not appear to have time for politics as usual.

The fact that the nation appears to be headed for more of this is unsettling.

On our borders and over them a new nation will appear.

The nation appears to be in the mood to do the right thing, even if it means sacrifices.

The two nations now intermarry, and appear to be on the best terms of friendship.

The nation appears to have grown more conservative and less tolerant during the last eight years.