The phrase 'appears ambitious' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express the impression that someone or something has a lot of ambition. For example: "The new chief executive's plan for the company appears ambitious".
But while The Casual Vacancy, a three-part adaptation of JK Rowling's first novel for adults, relies in part on the cachet of its bestselling, if not particularly well-loved, source material, Indian Summers' 10-part exploration of the dying days of the British Raj and birth of modern India appears ambitious and bold.
This appears ambitious but let's assume that it is accurate.
Both ideas may appear ambitious, even misconceived.
A woman can't appear ambitious.
Of course, the reluctance to appear ambitious in politics is often directly proportional to actual ambition.
Nacional now believe they can generate much more, thanks to interest from the Premier League, although even with City's wealth, a fee of £20m would appear ambitious.
From one point of view it appears enormously ambitious, narratively fascinating, ingenious and impossible to ignore.
Power is sensitive about appearing unduly ambitious.
Clinton may "play the Granny card" to appear less ambitious and more friendly and family-focussed.
She was insistent that students should progress step by step and if anyone appeared unrealistically ambitious, she would say: "One does not build a house from the roof".
The history of the 2°C target clearly demonstrates that the establishment of an absolute climate target contributes little to effective risk management if major emitters refuse to actually implement corresponding measures because the reduction paths appear too ambitious to them.
