slight indication
collocation in Englishmeaningsofslightandindication
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slight
adjective
uk/slaɪt/us/slaɪt/
small in amount ...
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indication
noun
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a sign that something exists, is true, or is likely ...
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(Definition ofslightandindicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofslight indication
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At the other extreme, someslightindicationof an incipient vortex was observed only 18 degrees after the displacement peak.
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First there is aslightindicationof a minor third in front of the major third: then the line goes 3-5-4-3-1-5-4-3.
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There isslightindicationthat both basal area and volume of pioneers increased in stands from 4 to 12 y old and then decreased among older stands.
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There was, however, aslightindicationof a difference in mean log-ratios between individual villages, and a considerable proportion of the variance between log-transformed ratios was explained by inter-village variation.
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I shall vote against it and hope that my vote will contribute someslightindicationof our hesitations and doubts about its general principles.
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There is aslightindicationof that independent opinion.
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That is just aslightindicationthat there was violence of more than the ordinary kind.
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It would be helpful if we could have aslightindicationof how it is proposed that this shall work.
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We even saw perhaps aslightindicationof movement on the question of deposit-based accounts, but the absence of those will be a serious drawback for low-income families.
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I should like to note briefly just a few of her contributions to provide at least aslightindicationof her originality and foresight.
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He later stated that he had written a very lovely waltz for when the dragon first appears, with just aslightindicationthat this may not be a bad dragon.
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One or two slight indications of possible action are then outlined, and he ends with a statement of the very considerable difficulties that lie ahead.
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The art of divining the intention of the enemy from slight indications is one which rarely misleads, and is one of the most precious attributes of military genius.
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