Example sentences of "[art] first sign [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the first sign of the real importance Britain was to accord civil aviation , viewing it as an essential component of the country 's postwar recovery . |
| 2 | In the country , it loads up and goes inert at the first sign of a corner . |
| 3 | The first sign of tetanus in a newborn baby is the inability to suck or swallow and muscular spasms of the lips and mouth . |
| 4 | Swales might , at last , have made a wise decision — if he does not go back on it at the first sign of failure . |
| 5 | THE Committee for Socialist Democracy , which has just been formed in riot-torn Timisoara , is the first sign of organised and coherent opposition in Romania since President Ceausescu became Communist Party leader almost 25 years ago . |
| 6 | A Country Diary : NORTHUMBERLAND : When we saw our first immigrant golden-eye bobbing on the waters of Bolam Lake in the early months of each year , we always took it as the first sign of spring . |
| 7 | These include calling in the fire brigade at the first sign of what they quaintly call ‘ smouldering in senile machinery ’ and ejecting all the customers forthwith , and not opening stations if the required number of staff ( two on the smaller stations ) have failed to turn up . |
| 8 | Furious but civil , he had offered to go round to her flat to see her , an offer which she had declined with the first sign of decisiveness she had been heard to display . |
| 9 | Its supporters in the streets may melt away at the first sign of trouble . |
| 10 | The first sign of the boom in Gaelic came when a Gaelic-speaking school on Belfast 's Falls Road — the Bunscoil — saw the number of applicants soar . |
| 11 | At the first sign of activity on the ground floor , he pulled off his jacket and socks , hid them in a corner and positioned himself at the bedroom door , ready to make a dash for the kitchen . |
| 12 | Yet what was certain was that God would strike punitively at the first sign of sin , and the worst sin in a ruler was pride . |
| 13 | After four hours ' play of the sixth round Martin showed the first sign of faltering as he slipped into a bad position against fellow Australian grandmaster Ian Rogers , who is in joint second place with Miles on 4/5 in third place . |
| 14 | The first sign of trouble came with March 's poor employment report but first-quarter company results are also proving disappointing : profits are just 5.8 p.c. higher than this time last year when America was fighting in the Gulf . |
| 15 | Mr Agutter said : ‘ This is the first sign of a turnaround . |
| 16 | It contrasts so vividly with the centesimal system where the remedy may well be given as a single dose and even when several doses are taken is usually stopped at the first sign of improvement . |
| 17 | For solar flares , a system of early warning satellites around the Sun could detect the first sign of trouble . |
| 18 | In amphibia the first sign of neurulation is the flattening of the upper surface of the embryo into a broad plate bounded by two ridges or folds . |
| 19 | The first sign of the village was the graveyard . |
| 20 | If you are feeling ‘ fluey ’ this may be the first sign of mastitis . |
| 21 | The first sign of the present pattern of occurrence is detectable as early as the winter of 1953/54 , but an increase has been most marked since the winter of 1961/62 . |
| 22 | But at the first sign of a pressure sore , inform the patient 's GP and consult the district nurse . |
| 23 | Almost immediately he developed a lobster-red rash , the first sign of what is known as graft-versus host disease . |
| 24 | At the first sign of danger the bittern adopts a rigid , stiffly erect posture , making itself almost invisible in the vegetation around its nest . |
| 25 | Within a few yards of the bank on which they had spent the uneasy night they came across the first sign of man . |
| 26 | At the first sign of dissent or hesitation , he fetched his mailed fist full across his captive 's bruised face , splitting his lip and causing all his contusions to bleed again . |
| 27 | Check out the cover : a high-quality damask is often the first sign of a good bed , as is deep quilting and tufting , a distinctive finish you 'll find on all handmade pocket spring mattresses . |
| 28 | At the first sign of rot the vigneron removes some of the outer foliage , exposing the vine to the drying effect of direct sunlight and improved aeration , and sprays with copper sulphate . |
| 29 | The first sign of unrest and he 's running for his life . |
| 30 | If elderly people are persuaded to uproot themselves in a hurry at the first sign of trouble , making major decisions at a time when they are not emotionally stable enough to think them through , like selling their homes and moving away from old friends and familiar surroundings into the different world and routine of a younger household , they sometimes regret it , and much unhappiness ensues for everyone . |