sign of progress
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignandprogress
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sign
noun[C]
uk/saɪn/us/saɪn/
a notice giving information, directions, a ...
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progress
noun[U]
uk/ˈprəʊ.ɡres/us/ˈprɑː.ɡres/
movement to an improved or more developed state, or to a ...
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(Definition ofsignandprogressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Paradoxically, returning to what was forgotten and lost by a one-sided rationality would be asignofprogress.
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To them lighting technology was as much asignofprogressas it was a useful addition to city life.
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This is a satisfactorysignofprogress.
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That is not asignofprogress.
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There is nosignofprogresson that as yet.
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I suggest it is asignofprogress.
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Regrettably there is littlesignofprogressso far.
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It is not a very startlingsignofprogress.
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There is not muchsignofprogressthere.
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One might call that asignofprogress.
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However, there is unfortunately littlesignofprogress.
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There is littlesignofprogressin this respect.
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I accept that as a limitedsignofprogress.
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But here is an interestingsignofprogress.
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There is not anysignofprogressat present.
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I hope that that is a goodsignofprogress.
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If you are negotiating, it is only worth negotiating if there is anysignofprogress.
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I think that we ought to take it as asignofprogressand hope.
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I am afraid it is, at the moment, only asignofprogress.
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Unfortunately, my constituents still do not see anysignofprogress.
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I regard it as asignofprogress, not of decay.
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This need not be the case, because restructuring is sometimes asignofprogress, technical progress.
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In all this there is nosignofprogresstowards preventive medicine.
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I think the 1988 and 1993 agreements were asignofprogress.
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