Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] signs [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did apparently display signs of hypochondria , however — Herbert Read remembered how he was " addicted to pills and potions " and , according to another friend , he kept a variety of pills in his lower waistcoat pocket — but hypochondria , if such it was , was only one aspect of a larger nervous disposition . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Apart from Couples , Americans like Payne Stewart , Tom Watson , Mark O'Meara , Davis Love and Raymond Floyd have all shown signs of form . |
| 4 | Graham the guitarist is still dry to the point of death , only showing signs of life when a football appears . |
| 5 | The budget 's prediction that the current economic recession would be short-lived , and that the economy would soon show signs of growth , was widely doubted especially in the light of the latest unemployment figures and economic indicators [ see below ] . |
| 6 | Chief Judge Platt had already shown signs of distress over the government 's intransigence . |
| 7 | The admission of a tenant already showing signs of dementia requires very careful consideration in the individual case . |
| 8 | Already showing signs of life , patients were brought in one by one from the pile next door and wedged on to the chair in Room I , which looked like what it was , a laboratory in the Hygienic Institute , a world of bubbles and bottles . |
| 9 | The new regimes of Fansidar ( pyrimethamine + sulphadoxine ) and Maloprim ( pyrimethamine + dapsone ) are already showing signs of failure and virtually only one new synthetic drug , mefloquine ( structurally related to quinine ) remains . |
| 10 | This female mallard was brought into Slimbridge yesterday totally paralysed and she 's already showing signs of recovery . |
| 11 | Down three times in the first , his eyes fused and shiney , he was already showing signs of wear and tear . |
| 12 | They learn not to fear enclosed spaces , but still show signs of stress when stabled constantly . |
| 13 | Jenna looked up , but she dared not look further than the hard chest , the white shirt still showing signs of damp . |
| 14 | Such communications may clearly show signs of similarity to our own human allocation of emotions and feelings — anger , affection , dominance and so on — but of how a chimpanzee actually feels anger , we have little comprehension . |
| 15 | Therefore , when the next plane arrives , he will also show signs of tension , stress and fear . |
| 16 | Nevertheless it would be dangerous to assign laws to Asclepiodatus simply on the basis of his probable knowledge : the praeceptio of Chlothar II also shows signs of influence from Roman and Burgundian Law . |
| 17 | The major limb bones also showed signs of erosion , particularly of prominent ridges and crests , but breakage did not occur until very advanced stages of abrasion when the bone was worn right through across a prominence , and this only occurred after the bones were extensively rounded . |
| 18 | Here , the mare is clearly showing signs of irritation while the youngster is mouthing in a gesture of submission . |
| 19 | The fluoridation plant in Watford , also showing signs of age , stopped operating in 1989 . |
| 20 | Carol 's dancing and her sister Suzette 's acting provided the inspiration for the Minogue sisters — Danielle or Dannii as she was known in the clan was also showing signs of talent — and the pair loved nothing better than play acting at home . |
| 21 | The bereaved often show signs of ill-health , which is not surprising since they usually feel quite ill in their minds and crushed by the burden of their sorrow . |
| 22 | When it returns to ‘ normal ’ ( probably because short rates rise , which they now show signs of doing ) , Mr Giordano reckons that the Treasury will be paying an overall rate just 75–100 basis points above bill rates . |
| 23 | The recordings — all made in 14 London sessions between 1927–33 — inevitably betray signs of age in surface crackle . |
| 24 | The time was 6.30 a.m. , the bunks on either side of the hut were now showing signs of life and the Sergeant made his noisy way towards the door at the far end of the hut , banging on each bed with his stick as he went . |
| 25 | The number of buzzards , whose primary food has always been rabbits , dropped significantly and is only now showing signs of recovery . |
| 26 | Both are today showing signs of weakness , but they are still far short of the east-coast mess . |
| 27 | I was there recently and the spectacular cliffs are a wonderful place to see seabirds from close up , but the paths were definitely showing signs of erosion . |