"competition appears" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe the observation or recognition of competition in a certain context. Example: In the business world, competition appears to be increasing as new companies enter the market and offer similar products at lower prices.
The competition appears to have been battily hellacious.
The biggest trick has been to make the Globetrotters look invincible while the competition appears formidable.
Competition appears to increase by the day, but the Murano is surely still the best.
Premiums are subject to many competing pressures, but, in several states, competition appears to be offsetting factors that might push rates up.
The OFT's chief executive, Clive Maxwell, said: "Competition appears not to be working properly in the payday lending market, allowing firms to profit from making loans that cannot be paid back on time.
But it has now emerged that the competition appears skewed because, while private firms can recover the 20 per cent VAT they incur on purchasing drugs, the NHS cannot.
We are told that after the ads of the competition appeared last year, the American Goat Fanciers Association was hopping mad.
The league-wide 'official uniform supplier' made the competition appear plastic, and was of great chagrin to fans hoping to see their new clubs develop an independent identity.
Gayle Fallon, president of the Houston Federation of Teachers, the state's largest teachers union, said she supported the governor's decision because the federal competition appeared to be leading toward adoption of a national test, which she opposes.
Opening my practice in 1982, in an area where the male competition appeared to regard me with a mixture of horror and pity, it was made clear to me that my new venture was not expected to last long.
Although men had an advantage in the physical contests requiring strength and speed, the overall format of the competition appeared well suited to women's subtle social skills at networking and cooperation.
