give a sign to

"You don't see a lot of real reform-minded figures in the cabinet, the type of figures that would really give a sign to any liberals in Indonesia that the government is paying attention to issues of democracy and human rights," says researcher Alexander Raymond Arifianto of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.

Something which God used to give a sign to encourage a king.

M. le Comte had not done more than give a sign to Hector to see M. de Marmont safely out of the castle, and Maurice de St. Genis had only had time to think of interposing, if de Marmont tried to take Crystal's hand.

As he did so he thought he saw the judge use a movement of his eyes to give a sign to someone in the crowd.

And when you think it is the right moment, give a sign to my steward, who is sitting there in the corner.