1.   But as long as you spot the early signs you should be okay - just keep the red bits covered for a few days.

2.   But raised blood pressure is an early warning sign and is one of the simplest and cheapest checks that can be done.

3.   Early signs are encouraging.

4.   It is free of charge and can help to detect early signs of health problems and prevent them developing.

5.   Similarly, lessons from across the world show that early warning signs of conflict are ignored at our peril.

6.   The reduction of fever is an early sign of improvement in tuberculosis.

7.   The IUCN fears that the demise of amphibians may be an early sign of a wider ecological threat.

8.   There is some way to go in all this despite the promising early signs.

9.   There are also early signs that the increased cost of imports resulting from the devaluation of sterling last September is beginning to work through to the shops.