Example sentences of "[is] [verb] signs [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We suspect that your golden elder is basically quite healthy but , as soon as the warmer , drier weather sets in it is showing signs of drought stress .
2 One in every six trees in Switzerland is showing signs of ill-health — double the level recorded eight years ago .
3 APPLICATIONS for credit have risen sharply in the wake of the Tory 's election victory , while the used car market is showing signs of improvement .
4 Replace anything that is showing signs of wear and always have a strong safety leash joining the rig to the board .
5 But now , inspired by the example of their neighbours in the restless Islamic Soviet Central Asian republics , one group of Chinese Muslims in Xinjiang province , which borders Afghanistan , Pakistan and the Soviet republics of Uzbekistan , Kazakhstan and Kirgizia , is showing signs of dissatisfaction and a desire for greater autonomy which manifested themselves in a small but bloody rebellion in March of this year .
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