Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] signs [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1630s the tobacco boom showed signs of having reached its peak . |
| 2 | Immediately after the Sun changed signs on 20 March it began to form what is an adverse aspect to the revolutionary planet Uranus in Capricorn . |
| 3 | Building work uncovered signs of early use of the buildings : shops on the ground floor with brick bread ovens were discovered behind the more recent Blood Donor Centre . |
| 4 | The council showed signs of being influenced by opposition demands , but it remained firmly in the hands of ‘ officialist ’ candidates . |
| 5 | Where metal guttering shows signs of deterioration , but it is n't serious enough for replacement , use self-adhesive flashing tape to protect the damaged areas . |
| 6 | • Call an ambulance immediately if your child shows signs of medical shock , such as dizziness , pallor , sweating , light pulse or rapid breathing . |
| 7 | Bladder control at night sometimes happens a long time after control in the day , and as with daytime training , it 's best to wait until a child shows signs of being able to develop control . |
| 8 | A major domestic upheaval seems unavoidable soon after the Sun changes signs on the 20th . |
| 9 | After the Sun changes signs on the 20th , it will immediately begin to make what is considered to be a disturbing aspect to Pluto in Scorpio . |
| 10 | When stardom struck , he was already in his thirties , the hair showed signs of receding and because it was brown Beatty taught him a trick with make-up shadow that reduced the emphasis of an enlarged forehead . |
| 11 | However , Defence Secretary Dick Cheney stated that in the light of recent political events in the Soviet Union , which had given him " some pause for concern " , the cutback programme could be halted if the Soviet military showed signs of reasserting its power . |
| 12 | Only close family members attended the service , some of whom say that his body showed signs of torture . |
| 13 | He had voiced threats against the star , and that very evening showed signs of starting another breakdown . |
| 14 | Each video started sufficiently before the junction to allow signs for the junction to be seen and lasted until the car was approximately 100 yards past the junction . |
| 15 | Video recording in each case began sufficiently before the junction to allow signs for the junction to be seen and lasted until the car was approximately 100 yards past the junction . |
| 16 | If , using this enhanced image , the computer detects signs of cancer , a patient can be recommended for bronchoscopy to determine exactly where the tumour is . |
| 17 | These validity studies compared clinical opinion as to whether a respondent showed signs of dementia with their score upon the scale . |
| 18 | Palestinians still come to work in Israel , industry has adjusted and tourism shows signs of recovering . |
| 19 | Palestinians still come to work in Israel , industry has adjusted and tourism shows signs of recovering . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , agricultural output showed signs of deceleration due to a steady decline in the international commodity prices of rubber , cocoa and especially palm oil which was the subject of a vigorous campaign in the United States to raise public awareness of the relationship between consumption of saturated fats and heart disease . |
| 21 | Lamb alerted the umpires at Lord 's to Pakistan bowling with a ball showing signs of unnatural wear . |
| 22 | Already the trade showed signs of becoming restricted to the immediate neighbourhood of Reading , whose clothiers seem to have controlled most of the output of Berkshire . |
| 23 | If your dog shows signs of behaving in this fashion then you will need to train it to ignore people who come close to the car . |
| 24 | ‘ When , one month after German monetary union , East Germany 's state run economy showed signs of breaking down on a massive scale , Chancellor Kohl … called in the top bankers of the land . |
| 25 | The Polish economy showed signs of economic recovery and of rapid industrialisation in the years 1936–9 . |
| 26 | CODEINE : ‘ Barely Real ’ mini-LP from acclaimed US slow-core outfit betraying signs of accelerating into mid-tempo ; issued prior to the band 's European tour with Love Child in November and December |
| 27 | The flatworm is the simplest creature to show signs of such a thing . |
| 28 | The Daughter drew signs in the air with her needles . |
| 29 | The prophet Tawney , now writing for the Manchester Guardian and still committed to an extension of grammar-school opportunities could , on the twenty-first anniversary of Secondary Education for All , write : ‘ Now , at last , the reign of organised torpor masquerading as statesmanship shows signs of ending . ’ |
| 30 | or where the advanced society shows signs of vulnerability in its central value-system , pluralist methods may fail to fully explain persistent conflict because of their limited assumptions of causality and , in particular , because of their unwillingness to look at other manifestations of power in society . |