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The phrase "appear to be asking" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that someone seems to be making a request or inquiry, but it may not be explicitly stated.
Example: "The tone of her message seems uncertain, and she appears to be asking for clarification on the project details."
Alternatives: "seem to be inquiring" or "look like they are requesting".
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Arthur Levitt, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, would not appear to be asking for very much.
Two options appear to be asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider its decision or taking the case to the United States Supreme Court.
Bolt, for his part, did not appear to be asking himself too many questions on Tuesday, as he comfortably negotiated his way to the final of his next challenge: the 200 meters.
These are questions the police now appear to be asking, to judge by their current round of interviews, using the rather limited tools of overseas phone calls and formal email questionnaires.
He says: "They [UCU Left] are essentially a union within a union – with their own membership fees, officers and policies charging – and appear to be asking for funds to campaign against the union.
So we would appear to be asking why a man is a man, or why a house is a house, and these seem to be foolish questions that all have the same answer: because each thing is itself (1041a17 20).
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An argument could be made that if US Soccer planned to cover over the artificial turf with grass, the field condition may have been noticed earlier, which goes back to the question of why the men's and women's teams appear to be asked to play on different surfaces.
But Botkin's group blocked all 47 because "donors appear to be asked to relinquish the right to sue" in the informed-consent form they signed.
He appears to be asking for help he does not need.
Everybody appears to be asking, again, what it means to be a German.
Loznitsa appears to be asking us: so how should they be dressed?
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