Example sentences of "a sign [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the sign were a real knife , clearly the knife would no longer be a sign but the thing itself … |
| 2 | Chola had taken the bull 's high spirits and responsiveness to the mantri as a sign that the treatment was going to work . |
| 3 | African tribal leaders carry these carved wands as a symbol of authority and a sign that the bearer must be heard without interruption . |
| 4 | It 's always a sign that the master is heading home to us . ’ |
| 5 | Could this be a sign that the Ministry 's power is all-pervasive ? |
| 6 | This is sometimes interpreted as insubordination , crime , madness , immaturity , or ignorance ; sometimes as a sign that the speaker is foreign — and sometimes as creativity ! |
| 7 | Despite the increased deficit , IMF officials holding talks in Warsaw with the Polish government expressed satisfaction with the vote by the Sejm , seeing it as a sign that the government could push its programme through parliament . |
| 8 | Even today , when the tottering of a Goldcrest or TESE is taken as a sign that the film industry is going under , it 's assumed that big companies are the key to surviving in the film business , because that 's the way they do things in LA . |
| 9 | The way Batty was handled strikes me as a sign that the management are not thinking along winning the championship this year but are prepared to bide their time . |
| 10 | In a sign that the rebound may be running out of steam , the Fed disclosed last night that the widely watched M2 measure of money supply , a barometer of economic activity , plummeted $7.1 billion in the week ending March . |
| 11 | The decline in inflation and the recovery of real incomes was read , quite naturally , as a sign that the emergency was over and that they could safely assert their ‘ rights ’ . |
| 12 | This work upset some textile practitioners : at one venue , an entry in the visitors ' book invited viewers to the nearby art college to see ‘ real textiles ’ — a sign that the exhibition has gone beyond the ‘ logic ’ of textiles . |
| 13 | All that was needed was a little encouragement , a sign that the employer was committed to good employment policies and practices for people with disabilities . |
| 14 | A partnership which depends upon personal contacts or friendships between individuals can collapse when they move on to another job , and this would be a sign that the partnership was not properly ‘ owned ’ by the institutions concerned . |
| 15 | On that abrupt note , d'Aubigny extended his hand for my master to kiss as a sign that the audience was finished . |
| 16 | Orthodox Marxists in the inter-war period accordingly hailed the widespread growth of fascist exceptional regimes as a sign that the death agonies of European capitalism were imminent . |
| 17 | ( Curling at the edges is not necessarily a fault , and can often be a sign that the rug has been very finely and tightly knotted , but unless the curling is rectified , usually be sewing leather strips along the edges , the rug may suffer uneven wear and tear . ) |
| 18 | But it was a brave move and a sign that the band held true to the courage of their convictions . |
| 19 | I was glad to read late in the article of the NRA 's positive attitude to the potential problem , and hope that farmers will take this as a sign that the task of improvement of farm waste management systems is not as dire in every case as many people would have us believe . |
| 20 | Johnson was used to red cards , but this particular coupon was to signal a different kind of brush with authority , a sign that the player had been selected for a random dope test . |
| 21 | Mr Murdoch 's empire recently admitted that mounting debts were taking a toll of its finances — an admission which analysts interpreted as a sign that the group , which owns five British national newspapers , would not be making any purchases for the time being . |
| 22 | This should not be interpreted as lack of real feeling or a sign that the end of her grieving is in sight . |
| 23 | The fact that we 'd all been put together was universally accepted as a sign that the end was so close that they did n't need to keep us apart any longer . |
| 24 | It is most common in older people and it is often believed that there is no cure because it is a sign that the body is wearing out . |
| 25 | His remarks were seen as a sign that the community accepts that there could be a 20- or even 22-member organisation by the end of the 1990s . |
| 26 | It is said that as he left , blood flowed from the nostrils of the dead king , a fact which some took as a sign since the body of a murdered man will bleed in the presence of his murderer ; but Henry 's death was the outcome of a life lived at full tilt . |