All these operations appear to have been free of incident.

And the operation appears to have had little effect militarily, at least so far.

The operation appears to be going quite smoothly so far.

Overall the operation appeared to meet few of its initial aims.

So far, at least, the operation appeared to be going flawlessly.

Still, the Israeli operation appeared suddenly to be working against a clock.

The operation appears to be shaping up as the last major engagement of the war.

But I finally got hold of someone who told me the boy seemed to be okay and that the operation appeared to be successful.

The operation appeared to have been a complete success.

The proposed operation appears to have bipartisan support in Congress.