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单词 evidence
释义
evidence
(evɪdəns )
Word forms: evidences , evidencing , evidenced
1. uncountable noun [NOUN that, NOUN to-infinitive] B2
Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read, or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened.
Ganley said he'd seen no evidence of widespread fraud. [+ of/for]
There is a lot of evidence that stress is partly responsible for disease.
To date there is no evidence to support this theory.
Synonyms: proof, grounds, data, demonstration  
2. uncountable noun B2
Evidence is the information which is used in a court of law to try to prove something. Evidence is obtained from documents, objects, or witnesses. [law]
The evidence against him was purely circumstantial. [+ against]
...enough evidence for a successful prosecution.
3. give evidence phrase
If you give evidence in a court of law or an official enquiry, you officially say what you know about people or events, or describe an occasion at which you were present.
The forensic scientists who carried out the original tests will be called to give evidence.
Cabin crew have been giving evidence at the M1 aircrash enquiry.
4. verb
If a particular feeling, ability, or attitude is evidenced by something or someone, it is seen or felt. [formal]
He's wise in other ways too, as evidenced by his reason for switching from tennis to golf. [be VERB-ed + by]
She was not calculating and evidenced no specific interest in money. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: show, prove, reveal, display  
5. be in evidence phrase
If someone or something is in evidence, they are present and can be clearly seen.
Few soldiers were in evidence.
Poverty and bad housing conditions are still very much in evidence.
Collocations:
ample evidence
There is ample evidence that competition from alternative providers improves the performance of the existing public sector.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The results are out today and provide ample evidence of the benefits of privatisation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is already ample evidence that these work in raising standards.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
anecdotal evidence
Although reliable figures are hard to come by, there is anecdotal evidence that a surprising number are choosing to return.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is simply too much anecdotal evidence in existence to deny it.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This is backed up by anecdotal evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
available evidence
The best available evidence suggests a small erosion.
Houston Chronicle (2010)
The process is independently reviewed by the company who have full access to the evidence available.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In his excitement, he sometimes announced a bold new theory before marshaling all the available evidence – an approach that is anathema to careful science.
Smithsonian (2012)
Her advice was based on evidence available at the time.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
cite evidence
It also cited evidence of bullying of reps and 'bad behaviour'.
The Sun (2014)
They cite evidence that between 400 and 800 civilians have been killed by drones.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He cited no evidence for his claim and there appears to be none.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
clear evidence
There is clear evidence of provocative actions by management and police.
Mail and Guardian (2010)
Sifting through flint and limestone chips, they discovered broken jars, vases and pots– clear evidence of plundering.
Smithsonian (2009)
The evidence is clear about what happens when the number of visible police in an area goes up.
The Sun (2012)
collect evidence
Over the past few months it has been collecting evidence in a preliminary study.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is all about collecting that evidence and doing it at the right time.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We began collecting more evidence and interviewing other girls.
The Sun (2014)
compelling evidence
But today's study provides more compelling evidence of the health risks, the researchers said.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They have demanded a retrial because compelling evidence in her defence was ignored.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is quite compelling evidence that the old idea that you should eat lots of small meals a day is a bad one.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
conclusive evidence
And it will be some time before we get conclusive evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There is no conclusive scientific evidence of a link between pesticides and brain tumours.
The Sun (2007)
They had new and conclusive evidence that showed he was not the killer.
The Sun (2014)
contrary evidence
She clearly considered that he was guilty and was not interested in the contrary evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There seems to be contrary evidence to that.
Christianity Today (2000)
But contrary evidence cannot be dismissed.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
convincing evidence
A two-month investigation found clear and convincing evidence of ballot fraud.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The problem is that none of the alternative theories can be proved with convincing evidence, either.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
DNA tests conducted this year provide convincing evidence for this.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
credible evidence
Not only did you fail to contact me, but you ignored credible evidence that the figure was correct.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The verdict has caused international outrage amid a lack of any credible evidence to sustain the charges.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Human rights groups say there is credible evidence that opponents have been tortured.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
damning evidence
A large number of failed track points is damning evidence that the rail company did not take enough notice of the forecast.
The Sun (2007)
This is further damning evidence of how toxic this industry is.
The Sun (2012)
That is pretty damning evidence against any spurious claims of improvement.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
definitive evidence
A National Trust report that we publish today offers definitive evidence that children are spending less and less time outdoors.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But he admitted there was no definitive evidence to prove or disprove the suggested link.
The Sun (2015)
We now have definitive evidence for organic molecules both in the atmosphere and in the rocks of the planet Mars.
Christianity Today (2000)
destroy evidence
He'll be sure to destroy the evidence.
The Sun (2013)
But some of the evidence was destroyed .
The Sun (2011)
Cambridge crown court heard he had destroyed evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
empirical evidence
But is there any empirical evidence to suggest that it does?
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
This book attempts to present a large mass of empirical evidence to support the model.
Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
Does the empirical evidence support it?
Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (1995)
evidence exists
But at least the research has been done, and the evidence exists for doctors to act on.
Times, Sunday Times
Almost no scientific evidence exists to support the scaremongering.
Times, Sunday Times
Plenty of evidence exists that the playgrounds are no more dangerous than an average sports field, especially with contact games such as rugby.
Times, Sunday Times
Little good scientific evidence exists to show that they are a threat.
Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes the evidence exists only in another country.
Times, Sunday Times
evidence implicates
Recent evidence implicates parathyroid hormone in adverse cardiovascular outcomes.
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Other circumstantial evidence implicates him as well, but detectives familiar with the case have never agreed on the likelihood of his involvement.
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Current evidence implicates plasmids as the primary source of the resistance genes.
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In addition, substantial evidence implicates bile acids as an important factor in colon cancer.
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The only evidence implicates the four wives.
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evidence indicates
Cell and molecular biology evidence indicate that p38 signaling underlies neurodegeneration and autoptic observations suggest a participation in neuropathology.
Julia Obergasteiger, Giulia Frapporti, Peter P. Pramstaller, Andrew A. Hicks, Mattia Volta 2018, 'A new hypothesis for Parkinson's disease pathogenesis: GTPase-p38 MAPK signaling and autophagy as convergence points of etiology and genomics', Molecular Neurodegeneration
Several lines of evidence indicate that emodin and aloe-emodin have estrogenic activity as phytoestrogens.
Pao-Hsuan Huang, Chih-Yang Huang, Mei-Chih Chen, Yueh-Tsung Lee, Chia-Herng Yue, Hsin-Yi Wang, Ho Lin 2013, 'Emodin and Aloe-Emodin Suppress Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation through ERα Inhibition', Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Microfloral and sedimentological evidence indicate a dry climate and a coastal depositional environment subject to repeated emersions.
GUIDO ROGHI, FABIO M. DALLA VECCHIA 1997, 'THE PALYNOLOGY AND PALAEONVIRONMENT OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC DOLOMITIC-MARLY SEQUENCE OF DOGNA VALLEY (UDINE, FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA, NE ITALY) WITH REPTILE TRACKWAYS', Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
evidence justifies
In other words, we are far more scared of radiation from nuclear accidents or events than the evidence justifies.
Times, Sunday Times
Criminal charges must be brought if the evidence justifies it.
Times, Sunday Times
But, he says, precisely because it can be so potent and effective, it should be used with great care - and only when the evidence justifies it.
Times, Sunday Times
However, there remain difficult questions about what precise probability any given evidence justifies putting on the general statement.
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On the other hand, if one or more precedent facts are involved, the scope of judicial review extends to deciding whether the evidence justifies the decision.
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evidence links
However, sterols may make their way into the bloodstream too, and evidence links higher levels of sterols in the blood with increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Times, Sunday Times
The new evidence links the supply chain even more clearly.
Times, Sunday Times
Previous evidence links anxiety and depression to increased rates of cardiovascular disease.
The Sun
The report cautioned that no medical evidence links contact with contaminated sand to adverse health effects.
Globe and Mail
However, more evidence links mosasaurs to snakes than to varanids.
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evidence of fraud
The group's finance director said that there was no evidence of fraud or deliberate manipulation of the numbers and the errors were simply mistakes.
Times, Sunday Times
But it's also true that evidence of fraud has rarely been on a scale large enough to have changed an election outcome.
Times,Sunday Times
There was no evidence of fraud or deliberate misreporting, she said.
Times, Sunday Times
The judge said that he had heard evidence of fraud that 'would disgrace a banana republic'.
Times, Sunday Times
My work involves gathering evidence of fraud.
Times, Sunday Times
evidence of guilt
Any stand-out performance becomes prima facie evidence of guilt.
Times, Sunday Times
A single crossed-out or altered word on the attestation was evidence of guilt for some officers last time.
Times,Sunday Times
That a case has been brought to trial may be regarded as prima facie evidence of guilt.
Times, Sunday Times
Any deviations in my story will be seen as evidence of guilt.
Times, Sunday Times
The state produced considerable evidence of guilt.
Christianity Today
evidence of infection
Preliminary results of a post-mortem examination of a dead whale revealed evidence of infection.
Times, Sunday Times
However, the hives were destroyed prior to the hearing, and therefore he could not present evidence of infection, or lack of infection of his hives.
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Wounds closed in the non-sterile tanks without any evidence of infection or visible inflammation.
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Some theropod paleopathologies seem to be evidence of infections, which tended to be confined only to small regions of the animal's body.
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evidence of wrongdoing
For all their suspicions, there was no evidence of wrongdoing.
Smithsonian
I am being condemned without there being any evidence of wrongdoing on my part.
Times, Sunday Times
The only exceptions will be for compelling new and clear evidence of wrongdoing.
The Sun
The party later decided that no individual or organisation had broken the rules after evidence of wrongdoing was withdrawn.
Times, Sunday Times
It also pointed out that there was so far no evidence of wrongdoing.
The Sun
evidence points to
There has never been anything but the haziest evidence pointing to such a connection.
Globe and Mail (2003)
The reclassification came as mounting evidence pointed to its physical and psychological dangers.
The Sun (2015)
The cross-party committee will not make firm recommendations but MPs said that the scientific and medical evidence pointed to the case for change.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The research is part of growing evidence pointing to the importance of an active group life in preserving mental and physical health.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
All the evidence pointed to a prowler and a competent cop should have realized it would, before staging some kind of object-lesson.
Trenhalle, John A MEANS TO EVIL
evidence proves
We don't need to know what they said — this kind of evidence proves links between conspirators and can help to disprove alibis.
Times, Sunday Times
Evidence proves that - and biometrics are the answer.
The Sun
But medics now argue a wealth of new evidence proves even small amounts of alcohol can do more harm than good.
The Sun
Nothing will be counted in or ruled out until the evidence proves or disproves the theory.
Times, Sunday Times
But mounting evidence proves that insisting on their use in confined spaces can help slow the spread of the virus, and - crucially - they lend confidence.
The Sun
evidence shows
We cannot understand why the quangocracy has ignored abundant evidence showing that the outcomes of high-quality research are impossible to predict.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Moreover, it presents new evidence showing that certain interrogatives can take “ degraded” aspectual forms, which are characteristic of subordinate clauses.
Alejandra Aranda Herrera 2013, 'Interrogatives in Carapan Purepecha', Cuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México
Additional evidence showed that this progressive reversal of preference reflected in fact new interoceptive discrimination learning.
Youna Vandaele, Caroline Vouillac-Mendoza, Serge H. Ahmed 2019, 'Inflexible habitual decision-making during choice between cocaine and a nondrug alternative', Translational Psychiatry
Documented evidence showed that the leaves of the plant possess spasmolytic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic activities.
Elham Amin, Mohamed M. Radwan, Seham S. El-Hawary, Magda M. Fathy, Rabab Mohammed, James J. Becnel, Ikhlas Khan 2012, 'Potent Insecticidal Secondary Metabolites from the Medicinal Plant Acanthus montanus', Records of Natural Products
evidence suggests
Current evidence suggest that blood cholesterol and dietary cholesterol are two different things.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Clinical and cytological evidence suggested a diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma and the patient underwent a pancreatico-duodenectomy.
Benjamin Sunkel-Laing, Abdul Kalam, Ian Renfrew, Lisa Mears, Hemant M. Kocher 2014, 'Repeated Negative Biopsies in Isolated High-Grade Cystic Duct Dysplasia with Progression to Adenocarcinoma', Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Several lines of evidence suggest that impairment of mitochondrial function and activity blocks myogenic differentiation.
Akira Wagatsuma, Kunihiro Sakuma 2013, 'Mitochondria as a Potential Regulator of Myogenesis', The Scientific World Journal
evidence supports
Unfortunately, no scientific evidence supports any cure or effective prevention for the nasty after-effects of alcohol.
The Sun
Either the evidence supports something or not.
Times, Sunday Times
The evidence supports that view.
Times, Sunday Times
Eighty years of evidence supports this.
Times, Sunday Times
No shred of evidence supports either theory.
Times, Sunday Times
evidence tampering
He agreed to give up his license to practice law in exchange for having the charges of evidence tampering dropped.
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The trial was regarded as farcical, with reports of blatant witness intimidation and evidence tampering.
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There was significant evidence tampering during the trial.
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Whilst there was undoubtedly witness intimidation and evidence tampering, a lot of the evidence was fairly thin.
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This practice carried the risk of modifying data on the disk, either inadvertently or otherwise, which led to claims of evidence tampering.
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examine the evidence
Survivors tell their tale, while experts examine the evidence.
The Sun (2006)
This documentary examines the evidence to determine what happened to the jet.
The Sun (2015)
Here we examine the photographic evidence.
The Sun (2008)
exclude evidence
Different clinical tests to measure or exclude evidence of residual muscle weakness have been described.
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Although necessary, the rule can lead to injustice if too rigorously applied by excluding evidence of what the parties really agreed.
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Further, there exist reasons for excluding evidence obtained by the federal police that are less compelling in the case of state or local authority.
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Such other rules tend to exclude because of some doubt about reliability, whereas privilege excludes evidence because it aims to protect some higher value than the search for truth.
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experimental evidence
There was no experimental evidence that this new kind of stuff actually existed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
For theoretical physicists the emergence of experimental evidence could be a welcome culture shock.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Although then unsupported by experimental evidence, the dogma expressed what most molecular biologists believed.
Globe and Mail (2003)
This paper also provides experimental evidence of the self-assembly properties of the epicuticular waxes.
Poinern GEJ, Le XT, Fawcett D 2011, 'Superhydrophobic nature of nanostructures on an indigenous Australian eucalyptus plant and its potential application', Nanotechnology, Science and Applications
The present study provides the first clear experimental evidence for the synergism between raphides and other defensive factors.
Kotaro Konno, Takashi A Inoue, Masatoshi Nakamura 2014, 'Synergistic defensive function of raphides and protease through the needle effect.', PLoS ONE
expert evidence
The defence said that expert evidence raised doubts about the police account.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
That conviction had been overturned because of doubts about expert medical evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You would need to supply expert evidence in support of your request.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
extensive evidence
Extensive evidence suggests that nobody gets to the top in any complex activity without at least ten years of hard work.
Times, Sunday Times
It added that leaky roofs have led to 'extensive evidence of damp'.
The Sun
His inquiry received extensive evidence of publication 'by some of the papers some of the time' of private information without consent or any 'discernible legitimate public interest'.
Times, Sunday Times
There was, however, extensive evidence of eels.
Times, Sunday Times
Extensive evidence now shows that a number of periods of growth and retreat of continental glaciers occurred during the ice age, called glacials and interglacials.
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eyewitness evidence
We also have the transcripts of important war crimes tribunals in which documentary and eyewitness evidence was used to convict some of the perpetrators.
Times, Sunday Times
Eyewitness evidence suggests many victims were still alive after 3.15pm and a number might have survived had more ambulances been allowed into the ground.
Times, Sunday Times
His current work related to eyewitness testimony includes research on the influence of (often inaccurate) eyewitness evidence on investigators' decisions about the guilt of suspects.
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find evidence
Those expecting to find evidence of a wrecked alien spaceship being kept in an aircraft hangar were disappointed.
The Sun (2008)
The most recent evidence was found two weeks ago when a chicken coop was raided by a fox for the first time in Tasmania.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Scientists have found evidence that brain cancer glioblastoma relies on large amounts of cholesterol to grow.
The Sun (2011)
Suddenly finding evidence of his death, I drew an audible intake of breath.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
fingerprint evidence
The case set the precedent for the use of fingerprint evidence since.
The Sun
He had left video and fingerprint evidence at the scene.
Times, Sunday Times
A number of investigators were found to have falsified latent fingerprint evidence under pressure from their supervisors to garner convictions.
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Beyond the fingerprint evidence, the court had to rely upon contradictory eyewitness accounts.
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She has frequently commented to the press on forensic science and evidence issues and has occasionally consulted or served as an expert witness on the scientific foundation of fingerprint evidence.
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firm evidence
Investigators are concerned that they have not found any firm evidence linking the men to terrorist attack plans.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
No firm evidence has emerged to back these allegations.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Neither is there any firm evidence of an improvement in trading.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
fossil evidence
It's relatively easy to explore how the fossil evidence points to the evolution of species.
Times, Sunday Times
But due to fragmentary fossil evidence, the outlines of this journey are fuzzy.
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The researchers were able to piece together this evolutionary puzzle by studying fossil evidence from before and after the atoll was flooded.
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Tyrannosaurus rex was not only the most fearsome land predator, but the dinosaur would also have been able to pursue prey across rivers, fossil evidence suggests.
Times, Sunday Times
Studies of genetics and embryology had the potential to tease out secrets of evolutionary transformations that palaeontologists knew took place on the basis of fossil evidence.
Times, Sunday Times
fresh evidence
It was fresh evidence of the scale of the crisis affecting hospital A&E departments.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Instead he explained that he had received fresh evidence.
A Model Victory (2005)
Fresh evidence suggests she might not have been as innocent as she claimed.
The Sun (2011)
further evidence
The report, based on a survey of 25,000 businesses across the EU, provides further evidence of the damaging effects the credit drought is having on the British economy.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
No further evidence of other victims was discovered.
The Sun (2015)
Is there any further evidence of this?
1066: and the Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry (2004)
gather evidence
The cameras, which have become increasingly common in recent years, are used to gather evidence and to ensure improved transparency.
Times, Sunday Times
Gather evidence of what you have learned and how you've made a difference in each job.
The Sun
Finally, we read the transcript of their last phone conversation, recorded by the district attorney's office to gather evidence for another prosecution.
Times,Sunday Times
Council officials will not be obliged to identify themselves, but can film and photograph people to gather evidence.
Times, Sunday Times
He fled when the 29-year-old bit him in a bid to 'gather evidence'.
The Sun
genetic evidence
It deals a blow to the prosecutors who had sought to counter the results of that review, which harshly criticised how genetic evidence was used.
Times, Sunday Times
Genetic evidence suggests the particular virus came from a bird.
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Genetic evidence sheds light on more recent developments in human history.
Times, Sunday Times
Genetic evidence suggests that an archaeon existed somewhere in sediment under the sea that was similar to a eukaryotic cell.
Times,Sunday Times
The team said that, previously, direct genetic evidence of this had been 'thin on the ground'.
The Sun
growing evidence
House prices unexpectedly hit a record high this month despite growing evidence of a nationwide slowdown.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is growing evidence that some fats are much worse for us than others.
The Sun (2006)
It comes amid growing evidence that we are turning to mobile banking en masse.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
hard evidence
I am not sure whether there is any hard evidence for this but it seems a good idea.
Planning the Organic Vegetable Garden (1986)
There is no hard evidence that it makes a difference, but there is a perception that it does.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But as these cases have shown, there is not enough hard evidence to secure convictions.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
historical evidence
They are required precisely because of the absence of any overt messages - otherwise known as historical evidence - to that effect.
The Times Literary Supplement
He holds forth with such confidence, he bombards you with so much statistical and historical evidence, that you're helpless.
Times,Sunday Times
The historical evidence strongly suggests that he was right.
Times, Sunday Times
No civilians were expelled and historical evidence suggests that the majority of the 30 or so civilians chose to stay.
Times, Sunday Times
In the contemporary sermon, then, illustrations and historical evidence become even more crucial.
Christianity Today
ignore evidence
People often ignore evidence that is not consistent with their preferred theories.
Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
It criticised police and council officials for suppressing and ignoring detailed evidence of abuse.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is irresponsible and dangerous to ignore this direct evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
inconclusive evidence
Police investigated a damaged gate but said there was inconclusive evidence that someone had broken into the complex.
Herald (South Africa) (2002)
The court, however, found the evidence to be inconclusive and rejected the argument.
canada.com (2012)
Yesterday, a technical advisory group dismissed the objections, saying that the video evidence was inconclusive.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
No one saw him pull the trigger and the scientific evidence was inconclusive enough to convince two jurors in his first trial of his innocence.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
incontrovertible evidence
That will involve unshakeable belief in himself and his abilities, despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary and a genuine contempt for anyone who lacks such a belief.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But this dose is harder than most because it seemed as if we had before us incontrovertible evidence of a world of the most luxurious fantasy.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's only in the last few years that pretty incontrovertible evidence for all this has come together.
Michael Boulter EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man (2002)
Would this be the incontrovertible evidence needed to ban them both from entering Britain?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And does anyone have any incontrovertible evidence of those biscuits?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
increasing evidence
He has denied involvement, but there is increasing evidence that his followers were at the core of the coup attempt.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is now increasing evidence that vitamin D plays a large part in helping to fight off infections such as flu.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
And there's increasing evidence that this vitamin can protect against some kinds of cancers and osteoporosis.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There is also increasing evidence of a global manufacturing slowdown.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
incriminating evidence
Lastly, the safety interview statements were far from being the only incriminating evidence against the applicants.
Times, Sunday Times
The forensic scientist's job was to assess whether this constituted incriminating evidence.
Times, Sunday Times
Could the young teacher really have been so dense as to leave incriminating evidence there?
Times, Sunday Times
A personal stitch-up, it can often be a bit blurry, feature some bizarre facial expressions and serve later as incriminating evidence.
The Sun
A battle of wits ensues between the pair as the nun tries to gather incriminating evidence against her colleague.
The Sun
insufficient evidence
Although this may be true in individual cases, there is insufficient research evidence to support this view.
Families and Friends - how to help your child form happy relationships. (1989)
They were charged with child cruelty but the case was dropped over insufficient evidence.
The Sun (2006)
The court said there was insufficient evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
irrefutable evidence
This, then, is mainly a job of addressing muddled thinking with irrefutable evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It comes as a shock - one can readily understand this - to have irrefutable evidence of how foolish one was previously.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
Our persistent refusal to accept the obvious in the light of irrefutable evidence is incredibly strong and, in situations which do not involve tragedy, laughable.
Pearson, Althea Growing Through Loss and Grief (1994)
Firsthand, independent, irrefutable evidence and no prosecution?
The Sun (2013)
lack of evidence
They denied the charges and the trials collapsed for lack of evidence, amid allegations of witness tampering.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But the problem was neither in the lack of evidence nor that people were cavalier about the need for evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They did not go on trial due to a lack of evidence.
The Sun (2017)
The coroner recorded an open verdict due to lack of evidence.
The Sun (2013)
He added that suspects were routinely arrested before being released because of a lack of evidence or witnesses willing to testify.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
limited evidence
On the admittedly limited evidence of a cloudless first day, however, their tribulations may be over.
Times, Sunday Times
It warned there was only 'limited evidence' that stop and search had any meaningful deterrent on offending.
Times, Sunday Times
He said that education experts in schools and universities were worried about limited evidence when it came to reforming exams.
Times, Sunday Times
Speculation by geniuses based on limited evidence has always played a major role in scientific progress, and it should hardly be surprising if psychology were any different.
The Times Literary Supplement
The commission suggests that injections for back pain and the use of spinal cord stimulation have limited evidence to support them and thus are suitable for decommissioning.
Times, Sunday Times
little evidence
I see very little evidence of this at the moment.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But there's little evidence that they improve road safety.
The Sun (2012)
Little good scientific evidence exists to show that they are a threat.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
medical evidence
Since then he has survived for more than two years despite medical evidence at the time that he had only months to live.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Call your employee to a meeting to discuss the situation and the medical evidence and consider your options.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
That conviction had been overturned because of doubts about expert medical evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
mounting evidence
Although there is mounting evidence of a widening in the North-South divide, this is not the whole story.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But there is mounting evidence that, for any age group, exercise is good for the brain.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They seem to have come to that view early on, and stuck to it in spite of mounting evidence to the contrary.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
objective evidence
The party has emerged from the last summer before polling day with the objective evidence suggesting it is going to lose the election.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This point upsets some doctors, who warn of the dangers of allowing good feelings to trump objective evidence of disease.
PLACEBO: The Belief Effect (2003)
There is some objective evidence too that the skin is improved at night.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
obtain evidence
But, if it succeeds, we might finally obtain evidence of life on another world.
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It said that it had not been able to obtain evidence to judge that the company could continue as a going concern for the next year.
Times,Sunday Times
Once it was difficult to complain and obtain evidence of maltreatment and misbehaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
As smart phones and the internet change the way we communicate, the police are increasingly unable to obtain evidence that was previously available.
Times, Sunday Times
I go to the prosecutors' office to try to obtain evidence but it hasn't been faxed through from the police station.
Times, Sunday Times
offer evidence
She offered no concrete evidence to support her claims.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Within the next two or three years, it is hoped, clinical trials will offer clearer evidence as to whether the new vaccine lives up to its promise.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Beyond quoting eminent politicians, little hard evidence is offered for this claim.
Home-ownership - differentiation and fragmentation (1990)
oral evidence
It collected written and oral evidence, and held 50 public hearings.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The whole case hinged on the tribunal deciding in our favour on the basis of oral evidence given by the witnesses.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The judge had to decide how much oral evidence to allow at a future hearing.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
overwhelming evidence
Commercial whaling has been banned since 1986 after overwhelming evidence that it was driving the world's largest mammals to extinction.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Yesterday, faced with overwhelming evidence, the council leader quit.
The Sun (2014)
This is one of the reasons smokers persist with smoking despite the overwhelming evidence that it is bad for them.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
persuasive evidence
Sterling's introduction made a notable difference while offering persuasive evidence that his original omission couldn't be explained by tactics.
Times,Sunday Times
If the police have persuasive evidence that more cuts will be damaging, they should produce it.
Times, Sunday Times
It was not the most persuasive evidence in support of his argument, but if there are some excesses that cannot be excused, it felt symbolic of something, too.
Times, Sunday Times
For the sceptical, however, it may be that the simple physics of a warming world — the increase of extreme weather events — provides the most persuasive evidence.
Times, Sunday Times
The effect of a written statement would therefore be persuasive evidence of the contract to a court, but it would not be binding....
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photographic evidence
Thankfully, no photographic evidence of those days remains.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They have seen photographic evidence and concluded that it was not her.
The Sun (2011)
The magazine offered no photographic evidence in support of its claim.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
physical evidence
This was much more important than the flimsy physical evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This is a site with an illustrious history, but little in the way of physical evidence on the ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
First, the physical evidence is inconclusive.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
She is the only witness and understandably has no physical evidence of it.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Even luckier would be to see the physical evidence firsthand.
canada.com (2008)
piece of evidence
One more piece of evidence bears on the issue.
The Times Literary Supplement
Today's detectives are shown it as a lesson that no piece of evidence, no matter how damaged, should be discounted.
The Sun
More likely, finding one's name in the database may just be the final straw, the piece of evidence that confirms a sneaking suspicion.
Christianity Today
For every piece of evidence, there was something else to contradict it.
The Sun
There was no single piece of evidence that tipped the balance.
Times, Sunday Times
plant evidence
It means cops could plant evidence on your computer's hard drive, then come round and nick you.
The Sun
They admit that planting evidence and using electric shocks to get confessions was all in a day's work in the 1960s.
The Sun
Convicted of conspiracy to plant evidence.
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Hackers for hire are adept at covering their tracks, or planting evidence that implicates others.
Times, Sunday Times
Stories surfaced about flex squad officers planting evidence on citizens.
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polling evidence
Polling evidence shows majority support for gay marriage.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Polling evidence suggests that voters frequently do not support the policies of the parties they vote for.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
All the polling evidence suggests they would be hugely popular.
The Sun (2012)
preliminary evidence
Preliminary evidence, he says, suggests that consuming ice-cold drinks after your workout might not be such a good thing.
Times, Sunday Times
Ice may be beneficial before a workout, but preliminary evidence suggests sipping ice-cold drinks afterwards might not be so good.
Times, Sunday Times
Preliminary evidence suggest that the results will be mirrored in adults.
Times, Sunday Times
Preliminary evidence suggests it stimulated their immune systems to mount a better defence against the virus.
Globe and Mail
Yet preliminary evidence suggests that certain brain chemicals necessary for social interaction and found in humans have evolved independently in octopuses for at least 500 million years.
Times, Sunday Times
present evidence
The document presents no evidence to suggest that this has caused any damage to the interests of children.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Western intelligence officials said that they were unable to verify the evidence presented in the dossier.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It advances an idea and presents evidence for it.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
produce evidence
If the employee does not produce this evidence, the offer can be withdrawn.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Anyone claiming ownership would be required to produce evidence.
The Sun (2013)
Police have not produced any evidence to prove the charge.
The Sun (2011)
prosecution evidence
They denied it and complained that each was given only two hours in court to rebut charges based on millions of pages of prosecution evidence.
Times, Sunday Times
Such notes are used as prosecution evidence to convict criminals in court.
The Sun
Defence lawyers have asked the judge to rule some of the prosecution evidence invalid, but yesterday he turned down several such requests.
Times, Sunday Times
No prosecution evidence was given.
Times, Sunday Times
His defence lawyers had repeatedly sought the disclosure of prosecution evidence.
Times, Sunday Times
provide evidence
Her defence team provided no evidence to back up the claims.
The Sun (2016)
Jobs data today are expected to provide further evidence that the economy is recovering strongly.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But the cameras were at the wrong angle to provide conclusive evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
relevant evidence
There was no relevant evidence it would cause members any real difficulty or inhibit their ability to earn a living.
Times, Sunday Times
With minimal relevant evidence and no perspective, millions of people appear too scared even to leave their homes.
Times,Sunday Times
The court could not ignore relevant evidence just because other evidence might have been better.
Times, Sunday Times
It was now for a new tribunal to consider all of the relevant evidence afresh and come to a conclusion about the applicant's family life.
Times,Sunday Times
The 1995 inquest was grossly inadequate: almost none of the relevant evidence was called.
Times, Sunday Times
reliable evidence
Productive debate needs three things: reliable evidence, dispassionate argument and time.
Times, Sunday Times
For a productive debate to take place we need to look at the most reliable evidence as presented by the majority of expert climate scientists.
Times, Sunday Times
This footage serves as a starting point, one piece of reliable evidence to point us to the bigger story.
Christianity Today
Over the next three years food manufacturers will have to back up health claims on packaging with reliable evidence.
Times, Sunday Times
Services would learn from each other, particularly about how to produce reliable evidence and use it continuously to reform practice.
Times, Sunday Times
review evidence
Detectives in England are reviewing evidence in connection with another girl's disappearance.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Those chosen will review evidence from video clips and documents to reach a verdict rather than follow courtroom arguments.
The Sun (2011)
Much of that evidence is reviewed in this chapter.
Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
scant evidence
In practice there is scant evidence that it would happen.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His concern is that there is scant evidence of a will to address this.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There is scant evidence of that.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
scientific evidence
This view is not backed by scientific evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Some experts say the scientific evidence for the claims is weak.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There is not much scientific evidence to support these tests.
The Sun (2008)
secret evidence
The production order was quashed and the procedure to use secret evidence at a closed hearing deemed 'unlawful'.
Times, Sunday Times
Claimants will also be unable to hear the secret evidence against them.
Times, Sunday Times
It would permit a conviction based on secret evidence.
Times, Sunday Times
Some of the eight claimants are seeking further damages and lawyers are studying other cases where secret evidence has secured convictions.
Times, Sunday Times
Other hearings have used secret evidence and special advocates.
Times, Sunday Times
see evidence
If we can't see clear evidence of that, other indicators of success are of little value.
Christianity Today (2000)
We have seen no meaningful evidence of that today.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They see little direct evidence of its effect.
Christianity Today (2000)
shred of evidence
The main hole in this theory is that there is not one shred of evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
What'd be nice," Ira Wentworth said, "is a shred of evidence.
Lawrence Block HOPE TO DIE (2001)
But in this case there was not one shred of evidence.
The Sun (2008)
They had not a shred of evidence.
The Sun (2013)
solid evidence
There has been plenty of solid evidence for economists to sink their teeth into.
Times, Sunday Times
I found myself often snickering and wincing at the same scenes, solid evidence that the film was indeed striking the right balance.
Christianity Today
She faced intense pressure to plead guilty despite a lack of solid evidence.
Christianity Today
The police argue there was never enough solid evidence.
The Sun
Our results will report four years from now, and it's better to wait and have solid evidence than to zigzag along without any clear direction.
Times, Sunday Times
statistical evidence
It turns out that there is no statistical evidence for the idea.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But we found no statistical evidence to support this argument.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is no statistical evidence of adverse economic trends or increased antisocial behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
strong evidence
If the evidence is strong enough, the case could overturn more election results.
canada.com (2012)
The presence of whale bone in middle-class graves is strong evidence that active whaling took place in northern Norway at this time.
Smithsonian Mag (2018)
The circumstantial evidence is strong .
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Investors are now looking for strong evidence of economic improvement.
Globe and Mail (2012)
The evidence is strong that nutritional deficiencies adversely affect outcome.
The Scientist (2000)
submit evidence
He had been due to submit evidence yesterday afternoon to a closed-door hearing in congress.
Times, Sunday Times
They would then be reported to police and the hospital would submit evidence of their behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
It will also be asked to submit evidence about changing facilities and there must be a six-week public consultation.
Times,Sunday Times
The specialists agreed to submit evidence to a court that would cast doubt on a defendant's guilt, despite having received a confession.
Times, Sunday Times
People working in partnerships or unincorporated businesses may be asked to submit evidence of profits and turnover for the past three years.
Times, Sunday Times
substantial evidence
Despite a raft of initiatives and pledges, there is substantial evidence that small firms are still not getting the funds they need.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Yet there is substantial evidence that the origins of baseball lie on this side of the Atlantic.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But it said that he must stand trial again because there was still substantial evidence against him.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
sufficient evidence
The Court of Protection in London found that there was not yet sufficient evidence to decide where she should reside in the long term.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We don't know, but there is sufficient evidence to warrant some serious investigation.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We have determined that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that these charges are in the public interest.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
supporting evidence
Although retinol's supporting evidence is weaker than that of its cousin, retinoic acid, it may still help to push out lines.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Others have dismissed such views as alarmist, saying there is little supporting evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But it has also in the past declared plants to be nuclear without any clear supporting evidence, apparently hoping that it would embarrass the clerical regime.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Entrants must supply supporting evidence where necessary to prove that this work is underway.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
suppress evidence
The government appeared to be trying to suppress evidence of the warnings last week and none of the seismologists could be traced for an interview.
Times, Sunday Times
The trial court granted the juvenile defendant's motion to suppress evidence as fruit of an unreasonable search and seizure.
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Many episodes employ motions to suppress evidence as a plot device, and most of these end with evidence or statements being suppressed, often on a technicality.
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If we were talking about a politician or business person, we might be talking about suppressing evidence.
Times, Sunday Times
She used her first husband's name to the end of her life, suppressing evidence of her maiden name.
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survey evidence
Otherwise, all we have at the moment is survey evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The industrial figures are at odds with much stronger survey evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
New survey evidence shows that we are becoming far less conscientious about cleaning our homes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
tangible evidence
Until then, I had no tangible evidence that my brother had gone.
The Sun (2014)
The only tangible evidence of her new life emerged back in England in the form of postcards to friends.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Cave art is the earliest tangible evidence we have of the human imagination expressing itself.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
trace evidence
Since then, forensic scientists use trace evidence to reconstruct crimes, and to describe the people, places and things involved in them.
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During an investigation, he primarily deals with particulates and trace evidence and determines time of death by examining insect activity.
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Archival records are especially useful since they can be used as supplementary evidence for physical trace evidence.
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Their duties include the interpretation of trace evidence and recording of the autopsy process.
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Many techniques are used in the protection of trace evidence from criminal investigations, although all must be photographed as soon as possible, and while still in place.
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trial evidence
Much of the trial evidence has been similarly mythical, ranging from broadly circumstantial to obviously fabricated.
Times, Sunday Times
The more rigorous trial evidence finds these are rare - just five extra cases of muscle pain per 10,000 patients, for example.
Times, Sunday Times
Would the reviewing body have full transcripts of the trial evidence, or would it be a paper decision?
Times, Sunday Times
The convictions were reversed for a different reason that some trial evidence had been inappropriately admitted.
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uncover evidence
The evidence uncovered by investigators will shock animal lovers across Europe.
The Sun (2011)
He uncovered evidence about the defendants that he shared with the other jurors, forcing the trial to be abandoned.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The survey uncovered evidence of skill shortages.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
video evidence
Yesterday, a technical advisory group dismissed the objections, saying that the video evidence was inconclusive.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
As a football club we will examine video evidence.
The Sun (2012)
And you can see it in our video evidence that we have released so far.
Christianity Today (2000)
visual evidence
He long advocated that medieval historians should take into account visual evidence — such as illuminated manuscripts, architecture and archaeological remains — as well as primary texts.
Times, Sunday Times
This visual evidence has been enormously valuable, but the project has another vital asset.
Times, Sunday Times
Not many garments survive from before the 18th century, so history must rely to a great extent on literary and visual evidence.
Times, Sunday Times
And the ancient peoples they encountered here left behind scant visual evidence of their identity.
Times, Sunday Times
It comes partly from a lack of winners' medals and partly from visual evidence.
Times, Sunday Times
vital evidence
She told The Times that she pieced together vital evidence herself that officers did not act on.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
By morning suspects were arrested, buildings searched and vital evidence found.
The Sun (2009)
Deploying the cameras could provide vital evidence to help convict perpetrators of abuse.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
widespread evidence
It found widespread evidence that passengers were not being alerted to the system.
Times, Sunday Times
The organisation also detailed widespread evidence of kickbacks and nepotism.
Times, Sunday Times
When they examined the behaviour of those logging on to the websites of journals, e-books and other sources of written information, they found widespread evidence of 'skimming activity'.
Times, Sunday Times
A five-year inquiry uncovered widespread evidence of competition law violations in the sector, including 4,000 tenders in which bidders had artificially inflated prices by colluding to submit fake bids.
Times, Sunday Times
Despite widespread evidence to the contrary, he was convinced of the guilt of the accused, although he was a lawyer himself.
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witness evidence
There was no DNA or other scientific or witness evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The police now had the direct witness evidence they needed and could proceed to trial.
The Sun (2013)
The police are reluctant to talk about witness evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
yield evidence
The shape of fodinichnia can yield evidence of the depositional environment of the sediment in which they were made.
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The archaeological site already has yielded evidence of several levels of habitation, including at least two different major cities, covering more than 1000 years.
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During 2001, water samples from the nearby springs yielded evidence of the presence of the hallucinogenic hydrocarbon.
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However, no credible research has yielded evidence for the existence of a medical condition caused by fume events.
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Sites have yielded evidence of local variations in decoration, morphology and fabrics.
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