The sentence I'm looking at is:
From the similarities and differences discussed above, it would appear to be the case that many people prefer travelling by car for reasons of comfort and safety.`
And I'd like to change it to:
From the similarities and differences discussed above, it would appear that many people prefer travelling by car for reasons of comfort and safety.`
The phrase "to be the case" in the first sentence seems a little redundant to me, because it doesn't say anything new. But I'm not sure if I can use "appear" that way in the second sentence.