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The phrase "appeared to be difficult" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a situation or task that seems challenging or hard to accomplish, often based on perception rather than fact.
Example: "The math problem appeared to be difficult at first, but with some practice, I found it manageable."
Alternatives: "seemed challenging" or "looked tough".
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He said it appeared to be difficult to understand exactly how much to bid.
Exploration from full extension to deep flexion appeared to be difficult with MRI.
Nevertheless, noxious gas sensing at room temperature using CNT-based sensors appeared to be difficult.
Either with nurse-driven sedation protocol or with daily interrupted sedation, obtaining significant reduction in mechanical ventilation appeared to be difficult in PICU.
Especially in bird 499 (Fig. 1, Table 3) in which seven different note types were measured the classification for three of these note types remained around chance level, whereas in the other three birds always one note type appeared to be difficult to assign to the right group.
Molecular weight determinations with AsFlFFF appeared to be difficult for these samples.
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"What's the point in having regulations if they don't enforce them?" Changing the culture around safety in the industry appears to be difficult.
Many of these conditions appear to be difficult to achieve in global purchasing.
However, making use of methods of advanced research and procedures appears to be difficult for companies.
Unfortunately, it appears to be difficult to find theoretical values of these thresholds.
However, carrying out checks of the ERTMS/ ETCS system appears to be difficult using SADT models.
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