it-extraposition.

::a. Larry appears to be doing the work.
::b. It appears that Larry is doing the work. - Raising-to-subject predicate verb appear occurs with it-extraposition.

::a. Sam believed someone to know the answer.
::b. Sam believed it that someone knew the answer. - Raising-to-object predicate believe occurs with it-extraposition.
::c. Sam believed that someone knew the answer. - Raising-to-object predicate believe occurs with clausal object argument.

::a.

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