| 1 | A straw shows which way the wind blows. | |
| 2 | Mr Smith didn't attend the conference last night. That means he is going to leave us, a straw may the wind blows. | |
| 3 | Politicians should quali2fy themselves for thinking ability in the following respects :keen insight ; | |
| 4 | I love this idea of telling a story in microcosm; if you get the story right and the characters right, the film will say everything about the wider picture without having to generalise. | |
| 5 | Of course, the profound reflection of conditions of society has benefited from the author's superb narrative art. |