Preposition: on

• screen: When an icon appears on screen during the film you can choose to go to an extended version of that scene.

• behalf: MR H KEITH ( Instructed by The Treasury Solicitor, London, SW1 H 9JS ) appeared on behalf of the Respondents.

• television: Fidel Castro, the Cuban president, appeared on television to appeal for calm.

• horizon: A bonfire on the Ward probably raised the alarm when the first Viking longships appeared on the eastern horizon, around the year 800AD.

• scene: Suddenly an American lady organist appeared on the scene, Ethel Smith.

• TV: BBC Best of Brass This was one of the rare opportunities for brass bands to appear regularly on TV.

Preposition: at

• bottom: Alternatively, you can search the SPM pages using the search facility that appears at the bottom of every page.

• festival: It has appeared at many important festivals, including Aldeburgh, Salzburg, Copenhagen, Bremen and Spitalfields.

• top: The time will appear at the top left of the screen.

Adjective complement

• unlikely: But recently, results have been very disappointing and a medal appeared unlikely on the eve of the Games.

Used with why or when

• whenever: A webCT course centers around a single course homepage, which appears whenever a student logs on to their course.

Infinitive complement

• have: The Sunday Times appears to have gone directly against the views of the expert they were quoting.

Preposition: in

• court: A man appeared in court for stealing a slide which the city council had thrown away - in a skip!

• newspaper: Shots of the Sun branded crowds even appeared in rival newspapers.

• episode: Gripper, played by Mark Savage, first appeared in episode 4 of Series 4, stealing a book from the local newsagents.

• magazine: The ads will appear in magazines and on billboards from August, the leather goods and fashion operation said on Wednesday.

• print: They may contain errors or stories which have never appeared in print.

• edition: There is no guarantee that any submission will appear in any edition.

Preposition: for

• plaintiff: Mr WILLIAMSON, solicitor, of Ashton, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr GARFORTH, of Dukinfield, defended.

• defendant: Mr Hornby, who appeared for the second defendant, accepted that this was the case.