Example sentences of "shown sign [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially , this policy has shown signs of success , with some ‘ footloose ’ firms moving part of their operations into areas of high unemployment . |
| 2 | In the end it was overtaken by the advent of the ‘ New Draperies ’ , but the downward trend had set in well before the establishment of these in East Anglia ; indeed , in the event they came to replace the contracting broadcloth manufacture which , even as early as 1523 , had shown signs of instability : it was symptomatic of recession that no less than 35 per cent of Spring 's liquid assets had to be written off as irrecoverable , and the winding up of his affairs can not but have dealt its prosperity a mortal blow . |
| 3 | An increasing number of bent divers this year have shown signs of dehydration . |
| 4 | The source of supply in the sea might perhaps shown signs of exhaustion , and the fishermen might have to resort to more distant coasts and to deeper waters , Nature giving a diminishing return to the increased application of capital and labour of a given order of efficiency . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | Apart from Couples , Americans like Payne Stewart , Tom Watson , Mark O'Meara , Davis Love and Raymond Floyd have all shown signs of form . |
| 7 | Chief Judge Platt had already shown signs of distress over the government 's intransigence . |