Example sentences of "[adv] a sign [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presents from returning travellers or presents for your hostess are as much a sign of manners to the hareem as they are to us . |
| 2 | The systematic answers reveal that love is essentially in the inner heart of man not in works , which are merely a sign of love , though it is true that " luf wil noght be ydel : it es wirkand som gude evermare " ( 111.96 – 7 ) . |
| 3 | Although he sounds the traditional warning that all electronics are aids to ‘ proper ’ navigation it is perhaps a sign of the times that he admits that many now see the chart-and- pencil methods as aids to the electronics … |
| 4 | It is also perhaps a sign of Boiotian isolation that there were no tyrants in archaic Boiotia , and that by the Persian Wars Thebes , then the first city of Boiotia , was controlled by a dynasteia , an irresponsible family government ( Thuc. iii.62 ) . |
| 5 | It 's about er ten years ago nearly that I er stopped being a teacher and when I was a teacher er up having to do assemblies er it was always something that I did with great reluctance and er was er pleased if I could get other people to do it er it seems rather odd then er that I 've actually said yes coming to do er an assembly here today and it 's perhaps a sign of mental instability on my part . |
| 6 | This is not a structural defect — only a sign of antiquity . |
| 7 | But it was true ; it was only a sign of their stupidity or their fear ? — that they were taking him so seriously . |
| 8 | Their attempt to cause trouble is not only a sign of division within the party ; it could also pose problems for Solidarity . |
| 9 | Nor is the video industry , which has sprung into life in barely a decade , necessarily a sign of semi-literacy . |
| 10 | The father in one family , himself a compositor with both a son and daughter following his trade , was described as " a first-class workman , clever , thoughtful and well-read … he is in the Trade Union " and also attended Labour Party meetings ( indicating incidentally that it was not necessarily a sign of disaffection from the union for a comp to send his daughter to the trade ) . |
| 11 | They often had this sort of conversation , and Constance always made allowances for Scarlet 's naivety : such slowness on the uptake was the result of a sheltered background and not necessarily a sign of limited intelligence , though she sometimes wondered . |
| 12 | Straw plaiting was a widespread cottage industry in and around the Chiltern Hills , but it has left scarcely a sign on the landscape , for it never became a factory industry . |
| 13 | So I respect the access restrictions for the sake of Ted and those like him , but I reserve the right in the pub to stick out my tongue and make rasping noises at those men with wallets instead of penises , who think that pulling the trigger and gleefully watching a beautiful stag 's legs buckling beneath it as it dies is somehow a sign of manliness . |
| 14 | Not a sign of life in the whole vast house higher up Eaton Square which was the company 's billet , until he and the CO discovered the inmates all prostrate under their beds in full marching order . |
| 15 | I 've been searching for news of you all over Chelsea , Eaton Square , Cadogan Gardens … not a sign of your people anywhere . ’ |
| 16 | April , nearly May now and not a sign of it . ’ |
| 17 | If that 's not a sign of a legend in the making , nothing is . |
| 18 | Not a sign of spring had yet penetrated this secret valley , but another month would put that right . |
| 19 | This type of humility is clearly not a sign of weakness , but of great strength . |
| 20 | ‘ Not a sign of it , Da . ’ |
| 21 | Contrary to the view of many observers in the computer industry , the reliance of Fujitsu and Hitachi on plug compatibles is not a sign of technological weakness . |
| 22 | Not a sign of my barrel-bag . |
| 23 | Thick fair hair , a wonderful complexion — not a sign of a spot ! — and those blue eyes ! |
| 24 | Nervousness is not a sign of inadequacy on your part . |
| 25 | It is not a sign of aggression but is , rather , a substitute for the pecking and scratching the birds would do if they were able to forage or dustbathe in an unrestricted and varied environment . |
| 26 | ‘ Not a sign of anybody on the deck . |
| 27 | This gasping is not a sign of returning life but is an automatic reflex caused by a fall in blood oxygen . |
| 28 | I was the one who was here and not a sign of him — you can speak for me — ‘ |
| 29 | Do not be too familiar , and remember that ‘ Sir ’ or ‘ Madam ’ is not a sign of servility but one of respect . |
| 30 | The fallibility of all knowledge is not a sign of its deficiency but rather an essential characteristic of knowledge , for every knowledge claim is part of a system of signs that is open to further interpretation and has consequences that are to be publicly tested and confirmed . |