Example sentences of "have [verb] signs [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few commentators have seen signs of hope in the recent refusal at appeal of applications for large centres alongside the M1 near Leicester and at Cribbs Causeway outside Bristol . |
| 2 | Inveterate trafficker in traffic systems Peek Plc told its annual meeting yesterday that it saw signs of a trading upturn in March : ‘ Although trading conditions in the first two months of the current year continued to be difficult , we have seen signs of improvement in March — there is currently a significant amount of enquiry and bidding activity and it is expected that this will translate into firm orders , ’ chairman Ken Maud said . |
| 3 | Some historians have seen signs in the 1530s that the legislative authority of Parliament might have been undermined by the King 's power to issue proclamations . |
| 4 | Over recent years , the parish has been of great interest archaeologically and excavations have revealed signs of occupation from neolithic man to the Middle Ages . |
| 5 | The idea of literary sensibility would probably be dismissed by the culturalists of the Left as a piece of mystification , and certainly few of them have shown signs of possessing it , on either side of the Atlantic . |
| 6 | United have shown signs of nerves in the last few weeks as the First Division title race approaches its climax . |
| 7 | An increasing number of bent divers this year have shown signs of dehydration . |
| 8 | ‘ Elsewhere in the Rochdale district , there are extensive works required at Moss Hall Bridge where the spandrel walls and parapets of this high masonry arch structure have shown signs of movement , and in Heywood the bridges spanning Manchester Street and Schofield Street are to be strengthened . |
| 9 | In recent years an increasing number of second- and even third-generation Koreans have shown signs of rebelling against a system which has limited their job options and freedom of movement . |
| 10 | Pollsters say they have detected signs of a swing back to the Conservatives — and that Labour support may have peaked last week — but it may not come in time to save the Tories . |
| 11 | Over the eighteen months I have had the multifasciatus they have showed signs of wanting to breed but have failed to do so . |