Example sentences of "[vb past] signs [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lotze 's account of how these ‘ auxiliary impressions ’ became signs of location is much the same as Ryle 's . |
| 2 | Gilts dealers reported signs of indigestion in early trading , although demand picked up later in the session and , in the absence of any new demands from the government broker , longer dated issues managed to end the day about £⅛ better . |
| 3 | In order that the CAA and AAIB can decide on appropriate action , they need to know whether anyone else has had a similar failure or found signs of overheating on one of these units and not told them about it . |
| 4 | I borrowed signs from Norma Gregory . |
| 5 | Dickins had had nothing more than a back pass and a free-kick to deal with in the first 30 minutes but showed signs of nervousness when Bull challenged for a Birch free-kick . |
| 6 | A needle exposed to gaseous pollutants such as ozone , on the other hand , showed signs of damage first in the more exposed photosynthetic cells and only later in the better-protected vascular tissues . |
| 7 | Some birds laid their eggs on the floor and others showed signs of frustration . |
| 8 | Firstly , they found from eight of the better designed studies that ‘ mothers of schizophrenics are more concerned , protective , and possibly more intrusive than control mothers both in the current situation and in their attitudes to the children before they showed signs of schizophrenia ’ . |
| 9 | It was her breasts , those symbols of nurturance , that first showed signs of cancer , and from the moment it was diagnosed she resigned herself to her fate . |
| 10 | For example , in a rural locality close to Jerusalem , 34 per cent of children under three showed signs of malnutrition . |
| 11 | These validity studies compared clinical opinion as to whether a respondent showed signs of dementia with their score upon the scale . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | An abandoned salt mine near Carrickfergus , Northern Ireland , showed signs of activity in September and early October 1990 , and finally collapsed on 19 October , causing a depression 200 metres in diameter and 7 metres deep [ see photograph on page 19 ] . |
| 14 | The officer gave her the kiss of life for five minutes before she showed signs of life . |
| 15 | Twenty four hours later he showed signs of brain stem compression , having fixed dilated pupils , no spontaneous respiratory effort , and hypertension . |
| 16 | Similarly , 47 per cent of the postcrania showed signs of digestion in the nest assemblage compared with 40 per cent in the adult pellets . |
| 17 | The major limb bones also showed signs of erosion , particularly of prominent ridges and crests , but breakage did not occur until very advanced stages of abrasion when the bone was worn right through across a prominence , and this only occurred after the bones were extensively rounded . |
| 18 | And although England showed signs of improvement against Norway last month , following their debacle in the European Championship finals in Sweden during the summer , they still have some way to go to ensure a comfortable path to the United States . |
| 19 | She seemed to think that it was her own child and showed signs of distress when Carrie took the baby from her . |
| 20 | The majority of leg ulcers ( 286 : 61 per cent ) appeared to be healing ; 101 ( 21 per cent ) were sloughy or necrotic and 65 ( 14 per cent ) showed signs of infection . |
| 21 | Some of the bodies showed signs of torture and in many cases personal documents had been removed to prevent identification . |
| 22 | Only close family members attended the service , some of whom say that his body showed signs of torture . |
| 23 | They were , though , marginally the more inventive in a game that showed signs of decline from the early stages . |
| 24 | They were , though , marginally the more inventive in a game that showed signs of decline from the early stages . |
| 25 | Dorje had been sentenced to three years of hard labour , but according to the Chinese Government , he ‘ showed signs of reform ’ and ‘ was granted early release ’ . |
| 26 | Several of them showed signs of injury , leading to claims in the US and the UK that they had been coerced into making their statements . |
| 27 | The small undamaged portion of the bolt fracture face exhibited signs of fatigue . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , Durkheim saw signs of hope . |
| 29 | It was a chilly evening when I left London via Paddington for Bedford , and for the first time I saw signs of panic . |
| 30 | If an item was dry and free from grease but had signs of corrosion , it was put first to the rotary wire brush to remove as much of the corrosion as possible . |