Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] signs [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some children among Sarajevo 's 330,000 inhabitants were showing signs of malnutrition . |
| 2 | These found that populations of sea otters , harbour seals , bald eagles , sea ducks , murres , clams and snails had all plummeted , and few were showing signs of recovery . |
| 3 | In the " totalitarian world " , as de Gaulle called it , a rift had opened up between Beijing and Moscow , while the nations of Eastern Europe were showing signs of restlessness . |
| 4 | Colchester hit back to level at one set all and both sides were showing signs of strain . |
| 5 | As methanogenesis was reduced signs of sulphate reduction , previously absent during the control diet , became apparent in faeces of these subjects . |
| 6 | He claimed the housing market was showing signs of revival but he gave it a prod anyway by raising the threshold on stamp duty from £30,000 to £60,000 , move that will help mainly first-time buyers . |
| 7 | By the second half of the 1950s , thanks to foreign loans , the economy was showing signs of recovery , and Spain had been admitted as a member of the United Nations , in December 1955 . |
| 8 | Lord Chilver , the chairman of the Reading-based group , said yesterday that European markets were unlikely to make much progress in 1993 , but the US was showing signs of recovery . |
| 9 | So now , although her guests had really had enough tea and would rather have been somewhere else , everyone was showing signs of impatience for another cup . |
| 10 | ‘ Our oil-fired central heating system was showing signs of age , so the National Trust 's adviser on Conservation Heating looked for a new system which would be efficient , cost effective and environmentally sound . |