sign of hope
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignandhope
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sign
noun[C]
uk/saɪn/us/saɪn/
a notice giving information, directions, a ...
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hope
noun[C or U]
uk/həʊp/us/hoʊp/
something good that you want to happen in the future, or a confident feeling about what will happen in ...
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(Definition ofsignandhopefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is asignofhope.
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Secondly, there is asignofhope.
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They are asignofhope.
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It was a realsignofhope.
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That is asignofhopein the institution.
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But it is a first step, it is asignofhope.
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And there is a realsignofhopethat it can be achieved.
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There is now a greatsignofhopefor our world.
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People will not see any recognizablesignofhopeif they cannot repair their houses.
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He said that to be downgraded was asignofhope.
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It was really the onlysignofhopethroughout the speech.
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The fact that these items remained on the agenda and were discussed is asignofhope.
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If any fair, reasonable and responsible person reads it, he will realise that there is a realsignofhope.
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That is a realsignofhope, although no one can be sure that it will continue.
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These are informal groups which should be supported and which show somesignofhopefor the future.
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And we want to protest vehemently against that, to prevent thissignofhopefrom turning into a relapse.
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But still it is asignofhopethat it is possible to get people off drugs.
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There is at least one faintsignofhopein that world to which he did not refer.
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There could be a realsignofhopehere if such a creative initiative could be forged and implemented.
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The much more realistic wage settlement in the engineering industry last year was asignofhopefor the future, and that trend must continue.
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They consider that this has been a real boost to their work and see it as asignofhopefor the future.
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The progressive drive of the workers' struggle is nowadays asignofhope, and the most concrete reason for believing in a better future.
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We did a tour of potholed roads, we did a tour in the dustbin lorry, but we came nowhere near thatsignofhope.
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I offer that as a tinysignofhopethat ethnic conflicts can be diminished and integrated into contexts in which people might work together.
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The firefighter offered it as asignofhopeand bravery for firefighters.
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