Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] signs [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , from a strictly scientific viewpoint these individual biographical studies can be criticised on the grounds that they are biased towards rather special cases ; added to which , as Becker points out , such accounts were usually written by clinicians whose professional interest in the abnormal inevitably caused them to focus on signs of pathology . |
| 2 | He tried to slow her down with gestures which she interpreted as signs of denial , and so she poured it on . |
| 3 | We watched for signs of bird activity , because terns and shearwaters congregate whenever small fish shoal near the surface of the sea , and the shoaling is often caused by predatory fish chasing the smaller fish upwards . |
| 4 | Inspect and open all kitchen units and try to glimpse the wall surfaces that they cover for signs of damp . |
| 5 | No longer was it to look for signs of forest decline , it was to investigate a link between pollution and forest decline . |
| 6 | He looked for signs of illness . |