Sentence examples for tone signals from inspiring English sources

This shift in tone signals an important change in the geopolitical landscape.

The committee's tough tone signals Hillier's determination to keep up the pressure on HMRC, and on corporations that fail to pay their fair share of tax.

But we hope that this time, the change in tone signals the beginning of a more lasting and meaningful policy realignment.

"The Administration's New Tone Signals a Longer, Broader Iraq Conflict" (news analysis, Oct. 17) correctly touches on the larger, global implications of our invasion of Iraq and on the continuing strong tensions among the various Iraqi groups.

The change in tone signals a hardening among Iran's top leadership toward Mr. Ahmadinejad, who by law cannot run for another term but who is championing the candidacy of a protégé, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, in the June election.

Mr. Newsom's change in tone signals that the marriage issue will be one of the most unpredictable elements in the remaining months of the campaign, with both Republicans and Democrats saying that the economy, unemployment and the environment will dominate the discourse.

"Do you know how many rules there are in football?" he continues in a schoolmasterly tone, signalling to a man sitting nearby.

Speaking in Washington, the chancellor adopted a defiant tone, signalling his determination to face down calls from the IMF to soften his deficit reduction strategy and insisting that his approach to putting the public finances in order was both "credible and flexible".

The F.C.C. has approved the use of recording devices on telephones, provided that the caller is warned by an operator's announcement or a special tone signal during the call that the conversation is being recorded, and that all telephones with recording devices are marked with an asterisk or some other distinguishing sign in the directory.

T B T refers to the time period of the busy tone signal.

She and colleagues trained rats to blink when they heard a tone signaling a mild shock to the eyelid.