Example sentences of "is evidence [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Although there has been some success in attempts to halt such ceremonies , or at least to make them less dangerous or humiliating , there is evidence that they are a perennial aspect of group behaviour unlikely to be eradicated .
2 For them , however , the involuntariness , vivacity , and coherence of certain ideas is evidence that they are caused by real things ; for Berkeley it means they are real things .
3 Along with nitrates , phosphates actively encourage the growth of algaes ( particularly hair algae ) , and there is evidence that they can inhibit the growth of some marine invertebrates .
4 Other addictive relationships such as some sexual practices may be branded by society as being definitely abnormal or even criminal , yet there is evidence that they may be part of the broad spectrum of addictive disease and therefore outside the personal control of the individual sufferer .
5 Moreover , in the case of negatively valenced emotions there is evidence that they may actually impair recall .
6 There is evidence that they damage the immune system and cause cancer in animals ; the effects on humans are disputed .
7 Certainly there is evidence that their distribution is very patchy and not always related to known housing need ( figure 5.5 ) .
8 There have now been several reports that have pointed to the fact that even in industries where there is a commitment to high safety standards , there is evidence that something is going wrong in the implementation and organisation .
9 It may be that Henry had to dispense largess to make it acceptable to his lords ; but the Feoda is evidence that he had somehow overcome potential opposition , and could now capitalize on his position at the apex of the feudal pyramid in the county .
10 In 1576 there is evidence that he was involved with alterations made at Wardour Castle , Wiltshire , for Sir Matthew Arundell .
11 This is evidence that he does not posses any deep feelings at all for any of them .
12 There is evidence that it became the practice for individuals to be named after the day on which they were born and that couples were not allowed to marry if their birthdays had the same numeral .
13 However , it does cause similar abnormalities in monkeys and there is evidence that it may cause blood vessels in the limbs to leak , which leads to severe damage of the surrounding cells .
14 A tumulus on the summit ridge is evidence that it was known , probably as a hunting ground , and may indeed have been occupied as a settlement by primitive man .
15 Firstly , the feeling for the tradition is very strong in the village ; secondly , Gawthorpe is an ancient settlement — its history can be traced back to a Viking chief named Gorky and there is evidence that it existed in Roman times ; thirdly , the original custom was to bring in a new May tree each year .
16 It can involve almost any system of the body and yet there is evidence that it could be the result of a single gene defect , or defects in a limited number of genes .
17 Now the DNA operating system of a species is very very old indeed , and there is evidence that it , seen in the long term , does something a bit like the computer with its disc files .
18 There is evidence that it has killed large quantities of worms , crabs , molluscs and starfish .
19 There is evidence that it works in terms of reoffending , but there are lots of other indices like home life , burden on the welfare .
20 The improving trend in the year 's quarterly results is evidence that our efforts are bearing fruit .
21 On both volcanoes there is evidence that there was significant hot-spring activity on the summit areas in the past .
22 There is evidence that there is such a bias ( Satz , 1979 ) .
23 Your heart sounds fine but there is evidence that there is a little bit of fluid in your on your lungs .
24 Olive baboons in Gabon defaecate in their home areas , thereby concentrating edible-fruited species , and the Liebermans speculate that the early hominids did the same because there is evidence that there were proto-gardens around occupation sites and that animals were unaware how edible plants came to be there ; a phenomenon known as the ‘ Eden Syndrome ’ .
25 Zeebrugge demonstrated that was not the case and there is evidence that there 's still room for improvement .
26 If , for example , we have no clear definition of what exactly is meant by communication or comprehensible input , how can we recognize what is evidence and what is not ?
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