The most distressing sign of flagging invention is the company secretary.

Besides the dogs there were other, perhaps more distressing signs of hurried exits.

Before then, he scrupulously avoided any public mention of force and, in Margaret Thatcher's eyes, showed distressing signs of going "wobbly."

Her aunt's bedroom showed the same distressing signs of neglect.

But just beneath the euphoria lie distressing signs that 1994 could be a difficult economic year.

"In fact, they show distressing signs of developing a will of their own."

But there have been some distressing signs, Henry.

The failure to hold a hearing is a distressing sign of how out of touch the current commission is with the public it serves.

That year also brought distressing signs of change, for both the Empire and the Royal Family itself.

But he conceded that the existence of the soup kitchen was a distressing sign.