Example sentences of "not a sign [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not a sign of life in the whole vast house higher up Eaton Square which was the company 's billet , until he and the CO discovered the inmates all prostrate under their beds in full marching order . |
| 2 | I 've been searching for news of you all over Chelsea , Eaton Square , Cadogan Gardens … not a sign of your people anywhere . ’ |
| 3 | April , nearly May now and not a sign of it . ’ |
| 4 | If that 's not a sign of a legend in the making , nothing is . |
| 5 | Not a sign of spring had yet penetrated this secret valley , but another month would put that right . |
| 6 | This type of humility is clearly not a sign of weakness , but of great strength . |
| 7 | ‘ Not a sign of it , Da . ’ |
| 8 | Contrary to the view of many observers in the computer industry , the reliance of Fujitsu and Hitachi on plug compatibles is not a sign of technological weakness . |
| 9 | Not a sign of my barrel-bag . |
| 10 | Thick fair hair , a wonderful complexion — not a sign of a spot ! — and those blue eyes ! |
| 11 | Nervousness is not a sign of inadequacy on your part . |
| 12 | It is not a sign of aggression but is , rather , a substitute for the pecking and scratching the birds would do if they were able to forage or dustbathe in an unrestricted and varied environment . |
| 13 | ‘ Not a sign of anybody on the deck . |
| 14 | This gasping is not a sign of returning life but is an automatic reflex caused by a fall in blood oxygen . |
| 15 | I was the one who was here and not a sign of him — you can speak for me — ‘ |
| 16 | Do not be too familiar , and remember that ‘ Sir ’ or ‘ Madam ’ is not a sign of servility but one of respect . |
| 17 | The fallibility of all knowledge is not a sign of its deficiency but rather an essential characteristic of knowledge , for every knowledge claim is part of a system of signs that is open to further interpretation and has consequences that are to be publicly tested and confirmed . |
| 18 | By preventing ovulation it may ben suppress menstruation — a useful advantage , once the user has realized that it is not a sign of disastrous contraceptive failure . |
| 19 | This is not a sign of pessimism , but rather of realism . |
| 20 | This is not a sign of pessimism , but rather of realism . |
| 21 | She has sold extensively through him over the years , and the appearance of her pictures at this ambitious Italian gallery is not a sign of a rift between the two , but of a desire to give the works wider exposure to the market . |
| 22 | Instead , doctors must educate the profession and the public that inchoate multiple symptoms of psychological origin are not a sign of weak will or malingering and are curable at little or no expense if doctor and patient collaborate in treatment . |
| 23 | Lower sales are not a sign of weakness of industry and commerce — just weakness of demand . |
| 24 | Abrashes are usually found in monadic and village items , where only small amounts of yarn can be dyed at any one time , and are not a sign of inadequate craftsmanship . |
| 25 | In other parts of the Americas , settlers had been done away with , by what means nobody later could discover , for new arrivals would find the incomers ' stockade deserted , with not a sign of struggle . |
| 26 | To acknowledge those differences is not a sign of weakness . |
| 27 | This apparent contradiction of the model by Proust 's text is not a sign of the model 's inadequacy but the reverse . |
| 28 | And so it was that , just after five on Friday evening , a large black Bentley , with not a sign of a dent anywhere , drew up outside Lisa 's little terraced cottage and waited while she darted into Josey 's to collect her daughter , then into her own house to pick up their luggage . |
| 29 | agreed : ‘ It is not a sign of weakness to attend a stress-management course . ’ |
| 30 | It is not a sign of high status in a man 's world to be in charge of women only , but I have to confess that I did n't find it unpleasant . |