11.   In the last few years, there have been tentative signs of Thatcher-style financial mobility in the soaps.

12.   It came at a time when the economy has shown tentative signs of righting itself.

13.   Moreover, he sees some tentative signs that buyers and sellers will return to the stagnant fixed income market before long.

14.   Perhaps in response, there have been tentative signs that the military may be lowering its profile.

15.   President Clinton, his jaw set for the television cameras, stood up to the Japanese on trade and evoked in response a few tentative signs of flexibility.

16.   Richmond Federal Reserve President J. Alfred Broaddus said today he sees tentative signs of a slowdown in the U.S. economy.

17.   Since then, there have been tentative signs of economic improvement.

18.   Tentative signs from their meeting in Dallas last week are encouraging, but history is not reassuring.

19.   The domestic economy is already showing some tentative signs of slowing.

20.   The first tentative signs that wages may be trending upward are starting to appear in Labor Department data.