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Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.

It is a welcome sign of the coming of spring.

Great leaders recognize the weak signals or slight signs that point to big changes to come.

Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs from humans and respond by trying to make peace, according to researcher Sanni Somppi.

They had negative views of effort, believing that having to work hard was a sign of low ability.

If you have a sign in your yard declaring what setup you use, that'd point them in the right direction, though at that point, we're talking about a highly targeted, semi-sophisticated attack, and not the sort of forced-entry attack that makes up the majority of burglaries.

In recent months, though, environmental studiesindicate there have been signs of improvement.

That is a sign of its immense potential.

But as reliance on the Web grows, there are signs that the question is getting more serious attention: Last month, a study published in CNS Spectrums claimed to be the first large-scale look at excessive Internet use.

Fetch the documents signed by Mr Gartner.

Didn't you see the private sign over there?

The woman was putting up a sign on the wall

The editor is amazed at how quickly Smith gets his stories—only minutes after they happen—but soon he's presented with a contract to sign.

The editor is frightened by this news, but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign

They were obliged to fulfill the signed contract.

Well, the sign on my store says the hours are ten to six, but if business is slower than usual, I can just lock up and take off early.

He was so glad to see them that he didn't even think to read the sign by the entrance

In some countries, whistling by listeners is a sign of approval while in other courtiers it is a form of insult.

A new sign in the window told the story.

Go upstairs to sign some document

"When they see that carrier back out on the street," Swigart said, "that's the first sign to them that life is starting to return to normal.

Also, if we both sign up before Friday, we can get a discount on a six-month membership.

Building a neon sign is an art practiced by professionals trained on the job to mold glass tubes into decorative shapes and letters.

If you have a sign in your yard declaring what setup you use, that'd point them in the right direction, though at that point, we're talking about a highly targeted, semi-sophisticated attack, and not the sort of forced-entry attack that makes up the major

It takes many hours to craft a single sign.

So you just need to sign the form to say you've received it.

The center's "Shop with Your Doc" program sends doctors to the grocery store to meet with any patients who sign up for the service, plus any other shoppers who happen to be around with questions.

The sight of a mailman on the street is a reassuring sign of life becoming normal again.

Yet there are recent signs that the gap could be starting to shrink.

Schools or teachers who sign up for the National Math Club receive a kit full of activities and resources, but there's no special teacher training and no competition attached.

More than a decade later, there was no sign of the ecosystem re-building itself.

Teenagers at risk of depression, anxiety and suicide often wear their troubles like a neon sign.

Studying at university will only become less attractive if employers shift their focus away from where someone went to university--and there is no sign of that happening anytime soon.

Carli says that one of the most significant things about his study is that it provides new early-warning signs for parents, teachers and mental health-care providers.

Currently, there’s mounting criticism of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign, which fights childhood obesity by encouraging youngsters to become more physically active, and it signed on singer Beyonce and basketball player Shaquille O’Neal, both of whom also endorse sodas which are a major contributor to the obesity epidemic.

The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary from regulating the de sign or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted in a serious or fatal injury to crew or passengers.

Despite clear signs of global warming it is not easy for most people to believe climate change will affect their own lives.

It is a trend that shows no sign of slowing.

But there is also time for brief diversions onto bizarre ground, such as a discussion of the skyscraper index (which holds that a boom in skyscraper construction is a foolproof sign of an imminent recession)

Skyscrapers are a sure sign of a city's prosperity.

is a sign of age discrimination

Yet, there are signs of peril (危险)within American higher education.

Nor is there any sign of the intergenerational warfare predicted in the 1990s.

These "thought experiments" were pages of calculations signed and submitted to the prestigious journal Annalen der Physik by a virtual unknown.

And that box there to confirm you have known driving convictions, thank you, and then sign there.

That sign says they are against importing luxury goods from Europe.

Being funny isn't necessarily an indicator of good social skills and well-being," his research has shown, "it may just exactly be a sign of personality flaws

It is a sign of happiness and confidence.

They want to know if the economic crisis would affect our ability to carry out the deal we signed last November.

A package deal to be signed in November

Her poems on various subjects,religious and moral were printed in Boston in 1773, three years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

I can't believe so many people want to sign up for the Korea Development Conference.

In some countries, whistling by listeners is a sign of approval while in other courtiers it is a form of insult.

Since you're psychology major, you should sign up for it.

The man is still trying to sign up for the course he is interested in

And, by contrast, the loss of hope, is turning out to be a stronger sign that a person may commit suicide than other factors long thought to be more likely risks.

He wants to sign a long-term contract.

Although, over the years, Barbies had more than 180 different careers, including football coach, sign language teacher, ambassador, president and astronaut, her body shape hasn't changed much.

Common research has long held that talking themselves through a task helps children learn, although doing so when you'v apparently matured is not a great sign of brilliance.

From a political perspective, we need to understand the terms on which major countries like China and the USA might sign up to a global agreement because at the moment we don't have that consensus.

Studying at university will only become less attractive if employers shift their focus away from where someone went to university—and there is no sign of that happening anytime soon.

Teenagers at risk of depression, anxiety and suicide often wear their troubles like a neon sign.

The first major sign of problems came in summer 2010, when the construction corporation pushed the opening from October 2011 to June 2012.

This is a sign of the continued allure of creating scientific correlations across borders.

As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign.

At mile 3, I passed a sign:" go for it, runners!".

But at union station in Los Angeles last month, a board went up with dollar bills attached to it with pins and a sign that read, "give what you can, take what you need".

David Dominoni, of Glasgow university, said that light from street lamps, takeaway signs and homes is affecting the birds' biological clocks, leading to them being wide awake when they should be asleep.

I myself went through this searching process and found something that has changed my experience at college for the better: I discovered asl-American sign language.

I never felt an urge to learn any sign language before.

I often found myself telling my mom to drive more slowly, so that I could read all of the road signs we passed.

I only learned how to sign the alphabet that day.

If properly administered, a kitemark on terms and conditions could help people know what exactly they are signing up to.

In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.

It all begins here, by signing up to join an organization.

Many editions contain signs, symbols and foreign words.

Observe signs to approach nesting birds.

Other organisations such as banks ask customers to sign long contracts they may not read or understand, but Miller believes social media requires special attention because it is so new.

Seventeen states allow parents to get an exemption豁免, sometimes just by signing a paper saying they personally object to a vaccine.

The reason why the ponies here are naughty is that Haytor is a tourist-heavy area and tourists are constantly feeding the ponies foods, despite signs asking them not to.

The set worked so beautiful when I first got it home that I would keep it on until stations signed off for the night.

They should either monitor their websites better so that children do not sign up too early, or they should adjust their websites to the needs of younger users.

They're not usually a sign of something serious, but they can last from 30 minutes to 7 days.

This is usually interpreted as a sign that today's parents are trying to manage their children's lives past the point where this behavior is appropriate.

When driving, minimize noise and observe no smoking signs.

While the fear hung over my head, there were also signs that I was headed down the right street.

You need to pay $50 to sign up a child for the club.

A tailor named John Dane, who emigrated in the late 1630s, left an account of his reasons for leaving England that is filled with signs.

As the first signs of recovery begin to take hold, deputy chiefs may be more willing to make the jump without a net.

Sometimes I feel in his late works a will to break all signs of continuity.

“Those first few days should be spent looking for work, not looking to sign on,” he claimed.

But even as the number of English speakers expands further there are signs that the global predominance of the language may fade within the foreseeable future.

The emerging consensus around the bill is a sign that legislators are getting frightened about a politically embarrassing short-term collapse at the USPS.

It is not, however, a sign that they' re getting serious about transforming the postal system for the 21st century.

"Those first few days should be spent looking for work, not looking to sign on," he claimed.

And the stock market reacts positively when companies tie CEO pay to, say, stock prices, a sign that those practices build up corporate value not just for the CEO.

Furthermore, the highest CEO salaries are paid to outside candidates, not to the cozy insider picks, another sign that high CEO pay is not some kind of depredation at the expense of the rest of the company.

In adulthood, looking someone else in a pleasant way can be a complimentary sign of paying attention.

In much of the world there is little sign of crisis.

It is not, however, a sign that they're getting serious about transforming the postal system for the 21st century.

Reding invited corporations to sign up for gender balance goals of 40 per cent female board membership.

That is how we have put a giant target sign on the backs of American workers, Hagel says.

with the use of eye-tracking technology, Julia minson of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government concluded that eye contact can signal very different kinds of messages, depending on the situation While eye contact may be a sign of connection or trust in