A lot of things simply appear to have been done in a rush.

The new lot appeared to be carrying guns of some kind; I looked for cover.

A lot of the troubles appeared to have been bad luck.

After shrugging off a strong jobs report on Friday, a lot of investors now appear to be having second thoughts.

A whole lot of new creatures, animals, plants and trees appeared.

For starters, it's notable that a lot of very influential companies don't even appear on the list.

Usually they fled at the approach of man, but this lot had appeared to attack him.

Otherwise, a lot of these schools will never appear.

The whole lot of them appear to be above and beyond any laws or morality.

As a result, a lot of dependents appear to have gone up in smoke.