31.   The economy itself has shown some promising signs of late, but the markets still face a few big risks.

32.   The death toll continued to mount Monday, despite the promising signs coming from the US.

33.   The most promising sign that the modern house might be accepted?

34.   The review is another promising sign that Deutch is prepared to reform his troubled agency, an organization sometimes immobilized by its obsession with secrecy.

35.   The shoes were still on display, a promising sign.

36.   The success of Crossroads does not mean that black theater is in the full bloom of health, though there are promising signs.

37.   There are promising signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be heeding Western objections to recurrent authoritarianism in Russia.

38.   There have been promising signs.

39.   There also are promising signs in the business-to-business area, where companies exchange electric power and other commodities.

40.   There are even some promising signs in the consumer marketplace.