Example sentences of "be [verb] signs [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working on the basis that there is a finite number of hill walkers , and I believe that to be the case , then spreading the load will only have a good effect on the more popular hills — some of which are showing signs of over-use . |
| 2 | Another symptom is writing numbers or letters backwards — again a common enough thing to do when a child is learning to write , particularly if he or she is left-handed , or perhaps dyslexic ; and probably most absurd of all , children who refer to television characters as real people are showing signs of abuse . |
| 3 | Several ITV companies who may have overbid are showing signs of strain and indeed may not survive too long . |
| 4 | The ‘ proactive ’ fishkeeper will medicate with malachite green and formalin , every spring and autumn , to bring down populations of protozoan parasites , and he does this irrespective of whether or not the fish are showing signs of discomfort . |
| 5 | Q. I have two six-inch Temporales , which I bought as a pair when they were three inches long , and lately they have been showing signs of breeding , such as locking their jaws and tail slapping . |
| 6 | ‘ Give us credit for some sense ! ’ barked Iris , who had been showing signs of impatience . |
| 7 | Amaranth , who had been showing signs of boredom , flashed Barton her selection-committee smile . |
| 8 | Some children among Sarajevo 's 330,000 inhabitants were showing signs of malnutrition . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Colchester hit back to level at one set all and both sides were showing signs of strain . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | One in every six trees in Switzerland is showing signs of ill-health — double the level recorded eight years ago . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Replace anything that is showing signs of wear and always have a strong safety leash joining the rig to the board . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | As methanogenesis was reduced signs of sulphate reduction , previously absent during the control diet , became apparent in faeces of these subjects . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |