Example sentences of "evidence [is] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it be objected that no beginning writer shops around in this way among the idioms handed down to him from the past , the evidence is that certain beginning writers do shop around in just this way ; Ezra Pound was one of them , and he is by no means so exceptional as is supposed . |
| 2 | The evidence is that you stand as good a chance of getting the choice of currency right as the experts if the return from the managed funds is anything to go by . |
| 3 | The evidence is that the magnates infinitely preferred strong royal rule to lack of it ; for no king could have ousted powerful ruling cliques without support . |
| 4 | All the evidence is that it is overwhelmingly harmful to the patient . ’ |
| 5 | The hope is that bowling skills will rise to counter them and the evidence is that they have begun to do so . |
| 6 | The great weight of evidence is that the employment of large numbers of professionals in an organisation poses ‘ problems ’ for the application of the bureaucratic or hierarchical management model . |
| 7 | In the same way , we should declare that we believe in the existence of God even when all the evidence is that such belief is absurd . |
| 8 | The Circular emphasises that parents must be seen as ‘ partners ’ in the assessment process , although the evidence is that parents are by no means equal partners here . |
| 9 | Rather than propose ways in which representative democracy could be strengthened and improved , these authors concluded : ‘ the weight of the evidence is that a vote is much less effective than purchasing power … the market is potentially more democratic than the state ’ ( p. 65 ) . |
| 10 | Psychological criteria are thus given no weight , despite the fact that the medical evidence is that where the two sets of criteria clash , the only effective treatment is to try to reconcile the clash in favour of the psychological . |
| 11 | The evidence is that beyond a certain point tax incentives only increase industrial R&D by an amount that is roughly half , or even less , of the value of the revenue forgone by the government . |
| 12 | One of the most useful sources of documentary evidence is that afforded by maps and plans , particularly if they are of large estates and augmented by written records . |
| 13 | In any case , if enterprise zones are the model , the overwhelming evidence is that financial incentives have proved the driving force , and that liberalized planning regimes have been of limited significance . |
| 14 | The evidence is that primary safety improvements , like studded tyres , better acceleration and so on , encourages more cautious driving . |
| 15 | But , as many observers will agree , all the evidence is that the tiny infant is not interested in babyhood , on the contrary , it is striving to reach the adult stage with all its might . |
| 16 | The report concluded that ‘ all the evidence is that while a gradual change in eating patterns may yield slower results , those results are far more likely to prove permanent ’ . |
| 17 | Speed humps can do this , whereas the evidence is that present methods do not . |
| 18 | This is a belief , however , for which the principal evidence is that this was Gandhi 's stated intention . |
| 19 | The evidence is that the discovery of basic principles of machine design , their application to large- or small-scale industrial production , and the creation of efficient managerial techniques were all independent of the creation of the factory system by nineteenth-century capitalists . |
| 20 | The principal problem in reconstructing clothing from this evidence is that the range of dress-fastenings need not only be dictated by dress ; social identity and/or display may enter here . |
| 21 | The evidence is that since the thirties women have begun to stand for political positions in their own right but progress has been slow . |
| 22 | The main point which emerges from considering the historical evidence is that there certainly has been change in the amount and type of support offered , but that this can not be seen simply as a decline from a high to a low point . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the empirical evidence is that these contribute little to individual ageing . |
| 24 | Especially in South-South trade , the evidence is that older notions of comparative advantage based on price elasticities still hold sway ( Thomas , 1988 ) . |
| 25 | My own reading of the evidence is that the wide ranging family network ( Rosser and Harris 's ‘ extended family ’ ) is fast losing all functional significance and , that being so , the elementary family of conjugal pair and children is reverting to its original condition — once again it is a domestic group not a kinship group . |
| 26 | As we saw in the section on deterrence , all the evidence is that the penal system is engaging in a massive overkill operation — which amounts to a massive infringement of the human rights of those it punishes excessively . |
| 27 | ‘ the general impression given by Mr. Morgan 's evidence is that the testator was alert , knew what he was doing , and there was no question of any confusion as far as Mr. Morgan was concerned . |
| 28 | They are ordinary normal persons , and as far as they were concerned their evidence is that essentially Mr. Winterbone was perfectly normal like them but suffering physically from pain from his shoulder . |
| 29 | Her evidence is that there is currently no government of Somalia . |
| 30 | The evidence is that communications from the judiciary to the Home Secretary on this topic are confidential ; and I accept that there is at least a tacit agreement that neither side will disclose them without the consent of the other . |