The phrase "appears to decide" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that something seems to make a decision or come to a conclusion, often based on evidence or observation.
Example: "The committee appears to decide on the new policy by the end of the week."
Alternatives: "seems to determine" or "looks to conclude".
Last year, Smith and Graybiel found that the IL cortex appears to decide which of two previously learned habits will be expressed.
For the first stage of the analysis, the Court appears to decide whether the effect of this proposed merger 'may be substantially to lessen competition' by the following process: First, the Court defines the relevant product market as commercial banking.
Part I argued that the Court's decision in Crawford v. Marion County (upholding an Indiana law imposing restrictions on the right to vote by adding new photo ID requirements) was jurisprudentially indefensible, a naked exercise of power by a Court that, across several contexts, appears to decide voting rights cases according to their partisan implications.
But The Times said the Police Department did not appear to decide requests one by one.
The board appeared to decide that this was not a viable option, perhaps because Kinder Morgan threatened a hostile approach.
Jim Goodwin had a strong penalty claim turned down when his volley clearly struck the raised arm of Kevin McHattie, but referee Kevin Clancy appeared to decide the defender was too close to get out of the way.
Several critics have noted that at the end of Season 2 and into Season 3, "Homeland" appeared to decide that it wasn't about fractious relationships complicated by trust issues, but about Doomed Romance.
Remember that shortly thereafter, Canada's finance minister argued that the Volcker rule violates a similar agreement, NAFTA, thus appearing to decide the case in the senator's favor.
The ASHA or attendants appeared to decide when to take the labouring women to the delivery room based on their judgements of increased severity of contractions.
Apple appears to have decided that Google might, one day, hold it hostage over mapping, and decided to avert that day.
