The phrase "appears to control" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation or observation where something seems to have influence or authority over another entity or process.
Example: "The new software update appears to control the system's performance more effectively than the previous version."
Alternatives: "seems to govern" or "looks to manage".
So what else do we know about the "biological clock" that appears to control our circadian rhythm?
Because Mr. Rastegar appears to control Maclaren globally, it is unusual to put just one division of a company into a Chapter 7 liquidation.
In the North, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, an Uzbek alliance commander, now appears to control the city of Mazar-i-Sharif and is again in position to receive aid from Uzbekistan.
Some of it is structural: while the narrator appears to control the story, and we are never granted direct access to Mitko's consciousness, Greenwell shows enough to allow us to empathise with him.
The 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Division reached the river but appears to control a narrow strip of land on the west bank of the Tigris, while the other brigades defend the international airport and attack through the northern suburbs.
The viscosity of the reaction medium appears to control the polymerization rate and molecular weight distribution.
The team also found that the vegetation along the stream's banks appears to control erosion.
Iontophoresis appears to control drug delivery to the exclusion of other enhancement methods.
In turn, the super-organization of these supramolecular structures appears to control the homogeneity of the dispersion.
A combination of climate and vegetation cover changes appears to control the pattern of geomorphological process responses.
Manganese partitioning between the ferrite and cementite lamellae in pearlite appears to control the growth rate, and is the underlying reason for the slow transformation kinetics.
