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The phrase "appear to be something" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a perception or impression of someone or something that may not necessarily reflect reality.
Example: "The clouds appear to be dark and heavy, suggesting a storm is on the way."
Alternatives: "seem to be" or "look like."
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But there does appear to be something off-putting about fantasy as an idea.
What from here seems to be one thing might from there appear to be something else.
Keen Sword — especially with its size, scope and timing — might appear to be something of a provocation.
His corruption charges might appear to be something of a stumbling block, but he is more concerned that his "credibility has improved".
Although business is off in the region, the overall effects appear to be something less than the commercial disaster many had feared.
Ransom's lions are elusive, and deliberately so: we see them, and then they appear to be something else; they are gone, yet they are somehow within us.
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This appeared to be something he had prepared for.
There appeared to be something moving inside it.
"This appears to be something that happened relatively spontaneously".
"Pogatetz appears to be something of a danka, mind".
While it stood abandoned, the building appeared to be something of a haunted house to neighbors.
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