Example sentences of "is [det] evidence " in BNC.

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1 These stereotypes can become deployed to explain persistent offending among the young even when there is little evidence that they are appropriate .
2 There is little evidence of either the presence or practical aid of Russian priests in the afflicted rural areas , though a considerable number of West European churchmen came in with relief organizations .
3 There is little evidence of the existence of that urge in the early part of the decade .
4 But there is little evidence of it yet .
5 But despite detailed studies in Amazonia , Malaysia and Indonesia , there is little evidence that this persuasive economic argument has turned countries away from logging or forest conversion .
6 Environment Guardian analyses this week 's proposals All muck but little money POLLUTION : The plans read well , says Julie Hill , but there is little evidence that the Government can make them work .
7 There is little evidence suggesting that unemployment and the poor economic conditions did undermine the overall economic position of the working class during the inter-war years , although monetary wages were reduced constantly until the mid-1930s and wages did decline as a proportion of home-produced income during the early and mid-1930s .
8 There is little evidence that people really acted in this way .
9 With the exception of the UK there is little evidence of brands being positioned on an environmental platform .
10 Although the FC had yet to conduct a survey , it stated ‘ there is little evidence of damage to trees or forests in Britain from direct pollution and from acid rain . ’
11 There is little evidence to support the claim that federal states are decentralised .
12 Perhaps surprisingly , there is little evidence of the cloth trade in the parish at all .
13 In the case of Santiaguito , there is little evidence that the dome is actually growing at all — one can sit and watch it for hours without seeing anything more than a few wisps of steam from the top — and it 's quite safe to scramble all over it .
14 Saga travellers are now jetting around the world , but in spite of the company 's undoubted success , as a 1989 report demonstrated there is little evidence that the British travel trade as a whole has fully understood the importance and increased spending power of the older and more prosperous customer .
15 The British situation is mirrored throughout Europe where there is little evidence of government policy changes to encourage older workers to stay in work .
16 The already high incidence of vascular disease in non-diabetic western populations appears to be still higher in diabetic subjects and , although there have been suggestions of a specific diabetic large-vessel disease ( Lundbaek , 1973 ) , there is little evidence to suggest that atherosclerotic lesions in diabetics are distinct from those in non-diabetics ( Strandness et al , 1964 ) .
17 There is little evidence to support such explanations , which are insulting to women in that they are viewed as faulty biological mechanisms which spend some of their time malfunctioning .
18 As we have already pointed out , the crime rate in general is increasing for all age groups , and there is little evidence that juvenile criminality is increasing at a very much greater rate than crime in general .
19 However , as John Springhall has recently argued , there is little evidence that teenagers suffer anything like an ‘ identity crisis ’ during their adolescent years .
20 Somewhat surprisingly , there is little evidence to suggest that a city 's industrial structure in itself accounts for poor urban performance ( Fothergill and Gudgin , 1982 ) .
21 Studies have shown that a proportion of patients are willing to travel to receive elective surgery more speedily , but there is little evidence on this question in relation to other services .
22 But circumstantial evidence suggests that his case is weaker than he would allow : in particular , there is little evidence before the late 1970s of substantial party political conflict within local government .
23 For this there is little evidence , and what there is is all rather late : a text from Paul 's sententiae , one from Ulpian 's Epitome , and a constitution of Diocletian .
24 It would be reasonable to expect that the extension and development of community psychiatric services would lead to a reduction in the rate of suicide and attempted suicide , but there is little evidence that this is so .
25 Although there are three June records altogether , for 1907 , 1939 , and 1972 , there is little evidence that the species has yet bred in Sussex .
26 Many polytechnics also have TEC and BEC courses but there is little evidence of the information skills requirements in their courses in this sector .
27 There is little evidence of subsequent igneous activity on the Moon .
28 But there is little evidence that disease plays an important part in mass strandings .
29 However , the Green Paper has come in for a variety of criticisms and there is little evidence that its recommendations will be acted upon in the short- or medium-term .
30 Its estimates of job losses in the ferry ports are still broadly accepted although there is little evidence of much decline as yet .
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