Example sentences of "[was/were] signs [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here and there where the ground was more open near the lake-edge there were signs of cultivation as though someone with crude implements had scratched and dug a little to encourage nature , already prodigal , to do better still . |
| 2 | There were signs of battle in the churned-up mounds of Saxon warrior chiefs , ravaged by tanks training for D-Day in the sandy heaths behind the village . |
| 3 | Again there were signs of change — of that same revolution in style that was sweeping the Above . |
| 4 | Although laissez-faire was by no means discarded in the 1930s and the dead hand of economic orthodoxy , particularly in fiscal matters remained strong , there were signs of change in the stance of government in some areas . |
| 5 | In fact , there were signs of ending and unease in what she had written . |
| 6 | Even at 2.30 a.m. there were signs of night life , but the leafy suburbs on the hills to the west were asleep . |
| 7 | There were signs of hope , however . |
| 8 | Town needed a win more to boost their confidence than anything else , and there were signs of hope as they fired in the high balls . |
| 9 | There were signs of celebration in Brussels and in Paris last night that the West Germans had committed themselves to a closing date in return for a delay in starting the move to monetary union . |
| 10 | Where Bigwig had stopped there were signs of commotion . |
| 11 | The Association 's chairman , Paul Bell , said there were signs of confidence creeping back into the market but there was room for additional measures if a fullblown recovery was to be seen . |
| 12 | By 10 o'clock there were signs of drunkenness and the Manager had a quiet word with the Junior to put away the bottles or they 'd be there all night . |
| 13 | This was not totally without justification : there were signs of tension between Aung San and Than Tun supported by the Communists . |
| 14 | Instead of advertising Sixties Discos , these were Signs of Unrest . |
| 15 | There were signs of reluctance to take seriously the need for revival of activity at the local level to overthrow apprenticeship before its due term under the act of 1833 . |
| 16 | But now , with hopes of a breakthrough into the American market dashed , there were signs of retrenchment everywhere in British filmmaking . |