One of the problems is only too apparent.

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Apollo becomes a tall, youthful soldier with long golden hair, Arnold a lumbering warrior, having the torso of a bear and the majestic head of a lion, and Tom aging tenfold into withered old man, his true age becoming only too apparent.

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Mr Gray climbed over a 5ft wall to help Mr Whipps and it was only apparent that he too had died when his family turned up at the farm to find out what happened.

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There is a stylistic device, too, the significance of which becomes apparent only in the last scene.

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Again, this is the wrong attitude: The top is only apparent in hindsight, when it is usually too late.

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It soon became apparent, however, that building one continuous route across the two islands was not only too ambitious, but it also would bypass many of the most remote and interesting corners of the country.

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After an election night described as unprecedented in US politics, Mr Gore conceded defeat only to retract that concession half an hour later as it became apparent that the Florida results were still too close to call.

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