Sentence examples for indicated a wish from inspiring English sources

A hairpin meant that a girl was desired, as did patches of colored cloth; a toy car indicated a wish for a boy.

Gulnara said that the sheep bones, carefully piled, indicated a wish for children, too, since bones were used as toys by Turkmen children.

But Mr. Jeter has indicated a wish to downsize his residential footprint in New York City now that construction on his 30,000-square-foot primary residence in Tampa, Fla., has concluded.

Recently released e-mail from employees at the credit-rating agency Standard & Poor's indicated a wish to "discuss adjusting criteria" for rating securities and "massage the subprime and alt-A numbers to preserve market share".

In England and Wales ministers have indicated a wish to shift the maximum allowable – 15% - away from direct payments.

In England and Wales ministers have indicated a wish to shift the maximum allowable - 15% - away from direct payments to farmers - which is mostly for owning farmland.

She also taught me that apologizing indicates a wish to change one's behavior.

In 1974 an initiative appeared on the primary ballot through which voters could indicate a wish to move their capital.

Patients indicating a wish to participate will be invited by telephone for eligibility testing.

Respondents who were allocated the cancer vignette were more likely to indicate a wish to share the information with their families than were those allocated the pneumonia vignette (82% vs. 52%, P = 0.003).

As to mechanisms for launching and developing collaboration at the primary service delivery levels, THPs favoured concrete and collaborative actions from the start, especially bidirectional referrals, indicating a wish for practical (rather than rhetorical) recognition.