Example sentences of "[be] [art] [adj] sign of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tears are the outward sign of the peak experience and they should be welcomed and encouraged rather than avoided . |
| 2 | The cuts follow a drop in sales and are a clear sign of the depth of the recession . |
| 3 | The mother 's offer to cook the lunch may be a reassuring sign of the familiar to her son who may not long have departed from the parental home . |
| 4 | The dramatic climax of the tale is reached when Nicholas foolhardily puts his backside out of the window : he farts like thunder upon the " " squaymous " " Absolon , the roll of the " " thunderdent " " being an audible sign of the imminent storm . |
| 5 | That 's the sure sign of the habitual opium smoker . |
| 6 | When baby 's first movements are felt — at around 18 to 20 weeks — it 's a tangible sign of the separate life inside you . |
| 7 | This is a real sign of the times and completely eclipses global fears about ecology or famine . |
| 8 | It is an anticipatory sign of the rule of the King |
| 9 | A fall in manufacturing employment in the most populated urban regions ( as mentioned above ) was a tell-tale sign of the more systematic ‘ urban-rural shift ’ of the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 10 | There was no immediate sign of the enemy , but on either side of the barrier there were coils of barbed wire and freshly dug soil . |