Example sentences of "[vb infin] signs [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did apparently display signs of hypochondria , however — Herbert Read remembered how he was " addicted to pills and potions " and , according to another friend , he kept a variety of pills in his lower waistcoat pocket — but hypochondria , if such it was , was only one aspect of a larger nervous disposition . |
| 2 | When he did show signs of depression I could usually shake him out of it , and we took a schoolboyish delight in finding ways to disconcert Ralph 's snooty man , Talbot , who brought morning coffee and afternoon tea up to the library , and evidently disapproved or both us and our enterprise . |
| 3 | Remember you can show signs of judgement in terms of your body language ( see p. 109 ) as well as with what you say . |
| 4 | A naturally placid horse will show signs of nervousness if it is brought up in a rough home , while a naturally nervous horse which has always experienced a sympathetic and secure home will be quite placid . |
| 5 | Trousers should show signs of Corby pressing . |
| 6 | If there are more or modified synapses , the chemicals and structures of which the synapses are composed must show signs of change , which might be measurable either by biochemical methods ( for instance , an increase in the amount of synaptic membrane protein ) or under a microscope ( for instance a change in the dimensions of particular synapses , or an increase in synaptic numbers ) . |
| 7 | I have actually used water that 's come off it and I 've also had er sheds with plants growing underneath and I ca n't honestly remember , I mean I have obviously not used it on really sensitive plants like tomatoes which I think would show signs of stress . |
| 8 | He said that , like any machine , the mind needed rest otherwise it would show signs of stress . |
| 9 | The budget 's prediction that the current economic recession would be short-lived , and that the economy would soon show signs of growth , was widely doubted especially in the light of the latest unemployment figures and economic indicators [ see below ] . |
| 10 | ‘ It is wrong to assume that the woman must show signs of injury or that she must always physically resist before there can be a conviction for rape . |
| 11 | Therefore , when the next plane arrives , he will also show signs of tension , stress and fear . |
| 12 | After the vaginal examination a small sample will be taken from the urethra as this site may also be infected or may show signs of inflammation . |
| 13 | That the economy did not show signs of recovery once hostilities had ceased had more to do with the political choices made by the Franco regime than with the economic structures themselves . |
| 14 | Such communications may clearly show signs of similarity to our own human allocation of emotions and feelings — anger , affection , dominance and so on — but of how a chimpanzee actually feels anger , we have little comprehension . |
| 15 | It is unlikely at this time of year , and so soon after lifting , but if the plants do show signs of dryness and shrivelling , immerse them in water as completely as possible before heeling in . |
| 16 | The Palestinians do , however , acknowledge signs of change for the better in US Jewry , Congress and the Administration , and that it is up to themselves to push them forward in much more effective ways than they have managed hitherto . |
| 17 | I can see signs of improvement throughout the club . ’ |
| 18 | So Dr Palcic and his team are developing a second test to help decide who might benefit from their first test — they are trying to determine whether a patient might have signs of lung cancer by looking at cells coughed up in his sputum . |
| 19 | There will be spots or sores on the mucous membranes in one third of cases , and 10 per cent will have signs of involvement of other parts of the body including the eye , nervous system , bones , or internal organs . |
| 20 | They may have symptoms of vertebrobasilar insufficiency with vertigo or drop attacks and may have signs of myelopathy . |
| 21 | It will remove dead hair , and may also reveal signs of fleas. ( 2 ) A brush will be essential for the first stage in the process . |
| 22 | Quite rightly , professionals are struggling to understand the pressures of caring , and their sympathy for carers can make them ignore or misread signs of abuse , or even to interpret abuse as a response to the difficulties some elderly people present . |
| 23 | Pneumonia during the prepatent phase may cause signs of dyspnoea and depression , whereas the presence of adult worms and excess mucus in the trachea lead to signs of asphyxia or suffocation with the bird gasping for air ; often there is a great deal of head shaking and coughing as it tries to rid itself of the obstruction . |